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Conclave is a 2016 novel by British writer Robert Harris. The book is set in the context of the death of a pope and the subsequent papal conclave to elect his successor.

The Pope is dead.
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.

They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.

Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.