The Nun of MonzaAccount of the life and trial of Virginia Maria de Leyva (known as the Nun of Monza) and who was the inspiration for the fictional character Gertrude in Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). |
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Contents
TRANSLATORS INTRODUCTION | 7 |
Seduction | 36 |
Machinations | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nun of Monza |
| Author | Mario Mazzucchelli |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 15, 2009 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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