Der Kinderpapst

Rome, 1032: a twelve-year-old is raised to the papal throne and is thus the youngest chief pastor there has ever been. The splendor of the office has its price, for he must renounce the woman to whom his heart belongs.

Under his strict hand, discontent grows in the city. The boy, who can barely bear the burden of the office, nevertheless clings to his power by every means, whatever sacrifices that demands.

Whether such a ruler may ever hope for mercy again is the question that hangs over the whole novel.