Tad Szulc

Pope John Paul II is one of the pivotal figures of this century, the spiritual head of more than one billion believers, and a world statesman of immense stature and influence. Yet, at the age of seventy-six and in the eighteenth year of his papacy, he remains a mystery -- theologically, politically, and personally. Now, through unprecedented access to both the Pope himself and those close to him, veteran New York Times correspondent, and award-winning...