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Die Nonnen von Sant'Ambrogio
Die Nonnen von Sant'Ambrogio: Eine wahre Geschichte | Hubert Wolf
14 posts | 4 read | 1 reading | 20 to read
Rom, im Juli 1859: Eine Nonne ruft um Hilfe, man will sie vergiften, doch sie kann fliehen. Es kommt zu einem Prozess, in dem die Inquisition Unglaubliches aufdeckt: Im Kloster SantAmbrogio werden seit Jahrzehnten Nonnen als Heilige verehrt. Visionen, Dmonenaustreibungen, Segnungen per Zungenkuss, lesbische Initiationsriten und Wunder sind an der Tagesordnung. Zweiflerinnen werden beseitigt. Und hinter den Nonnen steht ein Netzwerk von Jesuiten mit besten Kontakten zum Papst. Hubert Wolf hat in den Vatikanischen Archiven die Akten eines einzigartigen Skandals aufgesprt, der in diesem Buch erstmals publik gemacht wird. In seiner meisterhaften Erzhlung des Falles geht es nicht nur um Mord, sexuellen Missbrauch und angemate Heiligkeit vor den Toren des Vatikans, sondern auch um die Macht des Papstes.
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Buechersuechtling
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Bailedbailed

🇩🇪 https://bit.ly/3at4Wqc

I‘m giving up. As interesting as it sounds, it‘s too large for me. I read the basics in preparation and therefore knew where it all would go.
It‘s weird but the more detailed the author writes, the more interesting and in the same amount boring does the book get.
For me it‘s too scrupulously precise, I‘d appreciate a tighter narration.

Many things are interesting. But not interesting enough to keep my interest.

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Buechersuechtling
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This artistic absolutely invaluable photo is to show that after about 2 hours of cleaning 🧹🧼 my balcony and its furniture 🪑 plus my arcade I
🌟reward🌟 myself

☀️with this year‘s first time 🙌🏼 of outdoor reading☀️

What a joy‼️🥰

#24b4Monday, lap 2.

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Buechersuechtling
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? Tagged book; true story about abuse in an Italian convent in 1854.

♨️ Pike-perch fillet

? Sadly not too different from usually although I‘m on vacation. Much private paperwork to do. Plus elderly and stubborn ? parents. But: I enjoy waking up without alarm clock ⏰.

? Nicked from @TheFunkyBookworm and Erin Hanson:

There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?

SCBird Loving that quote! 5y
MoonWitch94 Brilliant quote! 🌸💜🌸 thanks for sharing 5y
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Buechersuechtling
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A busy day is over.
I commuted between supermarkets, medical appointments and the pharmacy. Chores, some of which I procrastinated, others not, came on top.

Now I feel as exhausted as after a working day with overtime. So I skip the 50 pages I actually wanted to read in here and more or less directly move forward to a horizontal position to relax my muscles.

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Buechersuechtling
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I tried this snack my significant other brought me some weeks ago. I really like it. It‘s not as addictive as regular crisps. You know, not that: “Oh-I-only-can-stop-after-the-bag-is-empty”-type of addiction.

I hope, not too many of the characters in my book in the end turn out to be important because they are all named Mary plus a second name. I am only a bit further than page 60 and already encountered about 5 different Marys.

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Buechersuechtling
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Not as dragging, as factional as I assumed it to be – but it‘s no swift reading either.

To be honest, I‘m quite happy that about 100 of the 532 pages are annex. 😅

Even though I acknowledge that the author definitely tries to write as clear as possible I am not sure if I need to know the process of investigation – and of who‘s thinking what – as detailed as presented.

I think, I will try daily reading assignments to wrestle this down.

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Buechersuechtling
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Today‘s #KeepLitsyPositive (Day 7), I want to send out to @Rachel.Rencher especially. I feel so sad for the situation she describes.

Today, I made a deal with my mother. After my regular medical appointments I would stop at her house to pick up today‘s newspaper from her letterbox because she would put it therein after she had read it.
Well, she did and secretly added the above bar of chocolate. 💗

Rachel.Rencher That's so sweet that she did that for you! I baked some cookies yesterday &brought it to my mom. 🥰 thank you for thinking of me. 5y
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Buechersuechtling
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Now starting this one. Even though I need to admit that I am meanwhile a bit sceptical because of the publisher. It‘s “C. H. Beck” which in Germany is mostly known for its non-fictional books, for its books about law, taxes and economy. I myself had some of their textbooks during my studies – and so, sorry, I‘m not expecting too much, but I kind of dragging, factional, boring writing style.

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ItsAnotherJen
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Panpan

I think this review on Goodreads by a guy named Gregg best sums up what my thoughts are:
"I never would of thought that a book about a murderous lesbian nun sex cult could be so boring."
???

tpixie Lol 😂 5y
Texreader 🤣🤣🤣 5y
Tamra That is funny! 5y
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speljamr
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Pickpick

Wow. What an intriguing look into a convent gone very wrong, and the process by which such matters were dealt with in Catholic church courts.

#history

8little_paws Omg. Ok the synopsis of this book is off the charts. 5y
SW-T That synopsis 😳 5y
Anna40 I grew up near a convent that was also a private school for girls. A friend of mine attended the school and told me that there was a secret cemetery behind the convent for the nuns' babies. Now whether that was teenage talk or true I don't know ... 5y
speljamr The best take away from any of this is that all kinds of stuff happens, human nature is hard to fight, and things the Catholic Church thinks make it look bad they will go to great lengths to cover up. The incident in the book is full of abuse and murder. Many of the sexual relations described here were not consensual. This has only come to light since the Inquisition's archives were opened to researchers. 5y
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Buechersuechtling
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Thank you, @Stephjotsdown for arising my interest in this story with your blurb. 🧡 My online library has it in stock and I just put it on the wish list I keep there.

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speljamr
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Starting this one today. Looks like it's going to be a hell of a ride.

#history

Theaelizabet Wow. 6y
LeahBergen That sounds fascinating! 6y
Cathythoughts ♥️👍🏻looking forward to your thoughts 6y
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