On 19 April 1940 Celso Costantini prophetically wrote in his diary that if Italy followed Hitler into war, it would be allying itself with the "Anti-Christ." Within weeks, Mussolini's fascist regime plunged Italy into the destructive maelstrom of global military conflict. The ensuing years brought world war, the fall of fascism, occupation, liberation, and the emergence of a new political order. The Secrets of a Vatican Cardinal is an extraordinary and detailed behind-the-scenes account of crucial episodes in Europe's wartime history from a unique vantage point: the Vatican and the Eternal...

The Bank of Montreal is not only Canada's first bank: it has also occupied a prominent place in the pantheon of Canadian nation building. Whom Fortune Favours examines the trajectory of this extraordinary organization across the span of two centuries. The historian Laurence Mussio applies an analytical lens to a financial institution whose strategies fundamentally shaped, and were shaped by, the evolution of a country and a continent. The Bank of Montreal (BMO) represents an extremely rare institution, one that has both endured and adapted to fundamental change. The depth and breadth of the...

La Banque de Montréal (BMO), première banque du Canada et l'une des plus anciennes d'Amérique du Nord, figure au panthéon des bâtisseurs de la nation. À qui la fortune sourit retrace deux siècles de cette organisation extraordinaire. L'historien Laurence B. Mussio analyse une institution dont les stratégies auront fondamentalement façonné l'évolution du pays et du continent, et vice-versa. BMO est une institution d'une extrême rareté, par sa capacité à toujours s'adapter aux changements, même les plus radicaux. Cette histoire très fouillée propose un examen sans précédent,...