Peter's Pence (novel)

Peter's Pence
First US edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Collins (UK) William Morrow (US)
Publication date	1974

Peter's Pence is a 1974 novel^[1] from Australian author Jon Cleary about an IRA plot to steal treasure from the Vatican with the help of an Irish-American journalist. They wind up kidnapping the Pope instead.^[2]^[3]

The book won Best Novel at the 1975 Edgar Awards.^[4]

References

↑ National Library of Australia - Peter's Pence by Jon Cleary
↑ Review The Glasgow Herald Feb 16, 1974
↑ "BLOWING AN ART THEFT.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 24 May 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Complete list of Edgar Award Winners

External links

Peter's Pence at AustLit (subscription only)

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)

1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)

1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)

1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) Peter's Pence (1974) The Safe House (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)

1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)

1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)

2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films and TV

Just Let Me Be (1957) (TV)
Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Bus Stop (1961) (TV) (2 eps)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967) (TV)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
High Road to China (1983)
Spearfield's Daughter (1986) (mini series)

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