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The nun of Monza
- Title
- The nun of Monza / by Mario Mazzucchelli ; translated by Evelyn Gendel.
- Author
- Mazzucchelli, Mario.
- Publication
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 1963.
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Details
- Description
- 253 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Account 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).
- Uniform Title
- Monaca da Monza. English
- Alternative Title
- Monaca da Monza.
- Subject
- Leyva, Virginia Maria de, 1575-1650
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Translated from the Italian.
- Contents
- The stage is set -- Sister Virginia -- Gian Paolo -- Arrigone -- The convent -- First encounters -- Seduction -- Machinations -- Two births -- Discord -- Interlude -- Scandal -- Murder -- The second murder -- The Spanish governor acts -- The cardinal investigates -- The third murder -- Gian Paolo hunted -- Disaster.
- LCCN
- 63015363
- OCLC
- ocm01371739
- 1371739
- SCSB-221516
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library