What do you think?
Rate this book
The Disciple
THE DISCIPLE
The Disciple is a play which chronicles the cataclysmic clash between Adolph Hitler, the supreme commander of the juggernaut military machine of Nazi Germany, and his arch enemy, Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, the iconic symbol of western civilization.
1923 Munich Is a cauldron of bloody ideological battles between Bolshevik Spartacists and Hitler's Nationalist Socialist Party, the Nazis. In Munich Hitler made his initial lurches for power. At the University of Munich, Hans Scholl and Alexander Schmorell organize the White Rose, and with Sophie Scholl. They are arrested in 1943 for treason. Pacelli is elected Pope in 1939. Hitler invades Poland in 1939 and ignites World War II,. He industrializes the murder of innocent people particularly Jewish people.
At the end of the war all recognize the pope’s contributions for peace and his protection of the persecuted. After the world war,Pope Pius XII condemns communist ideology and sides with the United States in the cold war.
In 1960 Khrushchev retaliates by practicing the occult art of disinformation to create the illusion Pope Pius XII was in an “Unholy Alliance “ with Hitler and was “Hitler’s Pope.”’ The Deputy , produced in Berlin in 1963 incarnates the myths.
. KGB Lt. General Ion Mihail Pacepa, who defected to the west, and Professor Ronald J. Rychlak, describe the methodology of the creation of the public persona of Pope Pius XII replacing the true person in their book, Disinformation.
The Disciple is unique in several ways.
This is a brief play and yet somewhat complex.
It is about codes, cloaks and cassocks. It is about intrigue, a double agent, conspirators, reversals and the camouflage of inaction, and of heroism to be retold, remembered and perhaps reenacted for the ages to come. It is about refined asymmetrical warfare which would be studied and used again..
Every scene is grounded in actual incidents. Some poetic license is used but the intent of the work is to present the truth.
About four pages of end notes, three pages of bibliography and a commentary in the Appendix authentic the diction in the play.
Every scene is a totality in itself which hopefully engenders thought and questions and pose philosophical quandaries..
Some scenes in themselves raise serious ethical questions – the forging of documents and the planning of assassinations.
Each scene is like a separate stone placed in a mosaic. When the play ends, the mosaic ought to present a picture of the soul/s of the characters, particularly Pope Pius XII and Sophie Scholl.
The stage is World War II.
The Disciple is a play which chronicles the cataclysmic clash between Adolph Hitler, the supreme commander of the juggernaut military machine of Nazi Germany, and his arch enemy, Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, the iconic symbol of western civilization.
1923 Munich Is a cauldron of bloody ideological battles between Bolshevik Spartacists and Hitler's Nationalist Socialist Party, the Nazis. In Munich Hitler made his initial lurches for power. At the University of Munich, Hans Scholl and Alexander Schmorell organize the White Rose, and with Sophie Scholl. They are arrested in 1943 for treason. Pacelli is elected Pope in 1939. Hitler invades Poland in 1939 and ignites World War II,. He industrializes the murder of innocent people particularly Jewish people.
At the end of the war all recognize the pope’s contributions for peace and his protection of the persecuted. After the world war,Pope Pius XII condemns communist ideology and sides with the United States in the cold war.
In 1960 Khrushchev retaliates by practicing the occult art of disinformation to create the illusion Pope Pius XII was in an “Unholy Alliance “ with Hitler and was “Hitler’s Pope.”’ The Deputy , produced in Berlin in 1963 incarnates the myths.
. KGB Lt. General Ion Mihail Pacepa, who defected to the west, and Professor Ronald J. Rychlak, describe the methodology of the creation of the public persona of Pope Pius XII replacing the true person in their book, Disinformation.
The Disciple is unique in several ways.
This is a brief play and yet somewhat complex.
It is about codes, cloaks and cassocks. It is about intrigue, a double agent, conspirators, reversals and the camouflage of inaction, and of heroism to be retold, remembered and perhaps reenacted for the ages to come. It is about refined asymmetrical warfare which would be studied and used again..
Every scene is grounded in actual incidents. Some poetic license is used but the intent of the work is to present the truth.
About four pages of end notes, three pages of bibliography and a commentary in the Appendix authentic the diction in the play.
Every scene is a totality in itself which hopefully engenders thought and questions and pose philosophical quandaries..
Some scenes in themselves raise serious ethical questions – the forging of documents and the planning of assassinations.
Each scene is like a separate stone placed in a mosaic. When the play ends, the mosaic ought to present a picture of the soul/s of the characters, particularly Pope Pius XII and Sophie Scholl.
The stage is World War II.
108 pages, Paperback
Published June 24, 2021
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.