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The investigation that followed uncovered the activities of the convent’s charismatic young novice mistress, . Maria Luisa had established herself as a "living saint," claiming to receive direct letters from the Virgin Mary and the Jesus . Under this guise of holiness, she: The Nuns of Sant' Ambrogio: The True Story of a...

is a non-fiction historical account by Hubert Wolf , a leading German ecclesiastical historian. Based on documents discovered in the secret archives of the Inquisition , the book reconstructs a 19th-century scandal involving sex, heresy, and murder within the walls of a Roman convent. The Whistleblower: Princess Katharina 23 books we’ve loved so far this year

The story begins in when Princess Katharina von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , a twice-widowed German aristocrat, entered the convent of Sant'Ambrogio della Massima in Rome. Expecting a life of quiet devotion, she instead found herself at the center of a dangerous web of deception. In 1859, she managed to smuggle out a desperate letter to her cousin, a close confidant of Pope Pius IX , claiming she had survived multiple poisoning attempts and feared for her life. The Cult of Maria Luisa Based on documents discovered in the secret archives