The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio

Hubert Wolf uncovers a shocking nineteenth-century scandal inside a prestigious Roman convent involving attempted poisoning, sexual manipulation, false mystical visions and the abuse of religious authority, ultimately investigated by the Vatican's own Inquisition. Drawing entirely on newly opened Vatican archives, the book exposes deep institutional corruption and dangerous human psychology concealed behind cloister walls.

ISBN 9780804169806 · Knopf · 2015