Overview
A Washington Post Notable Book In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of SantÆAmbrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she feared for her life. A subsequent investigation by the ChurchÆs Inquisition uncovered the shocking secrets of a convent ruled by a beautiful young mistress, who coerced her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies, and who entered into an illicit relationship with a young theologian. Drawing upon written testimony and original documents discovered in a secret Vatican archive, The Nuns of SantÆAmbrogio is the never-before-told true story of how one woman was able to practice deception, heresy, seduction, and murder in the heart of the Catholic Church.
- | Author: Hubert Wolf
- | Publisher: Vintage
- | Publication Date: Jan 12, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 496 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Religion
- | ISBN-10: 0804169802
- | ISBN-13: 9780804169806
