by Pilar Urbano · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401375392
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«El hombre de Villa Tevere» is the biography of Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer by Pilar Urbano, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (549 pages).
In this book, Pilar Urbano reconstructs the years that Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei, spent in Rome. Drawing on testimonies and documents, the author examines life at Villa Tevere, his relations with the Vatican, the growth of the institution, and the more intimate and controversial dimension of a central figure in twentieth-century Catholicism.
The subtitle of the work is «los años romanos de Josemaría Escrivá». It corresponds to the third edition, published in Barcelona.
For readers interested in the history of the contemporary Catholic Church, Opus Dei, and biographies of controversial figures.
Pilar Urbano Casaña is a Spanish journalist and writer.
