<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Secret Emissary tells the story of a young Mexican from a wealthy family in Sonora Mexico. Educated in Spain Luis Esquerre Calella de Valderano is a skilled researcher and writer and with a penchant for international relations and diplomacy he becomes an unofficial Vatican liaison with an American diplomat during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. A talented academic accomplished musician and agile sportsman-a friend to popes and aristocrats alike-Luis becomes a collaborator in underground activities against Fascists in Italy Germany and Spain. As a covert agent for the Jesuit Superior General and Popes Pius XI and XII and a secret liaison between the Vatican and Jesuit Curia and American military intelligence Luis cuts a swath through history as he becomes a Monsignor a Bishop and after World War II a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.</span></p>