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Title: The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio
Subtitle: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
Author: Hubert Wolf
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 26 votes
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:
In 1858 a German princess who had been recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and that she feared for her life. What the subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered were the extraordinary secrets of Sant'Ambrogio and the illicit behavior of the convent's beautiful, young mistress, Maria Luisa. Having convinced those under her charge that she was having regular visions and heavenly visitations, Maria Luisa began to lead and coerce her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies. She entered into a highly eroticized relationship with a young theologian known as Padre Peters, urging him to dispense upon her, in the privacy and sanctity of the confessional box, what the two of them referred to as the "special blessing".
What emerges through the fog of centuries is a sex scandal of ecclesiastical significance, skillfully brought to light and vividly reconstructed in scholarly detail. Offering a broad historical background on female mystics and the cult of the Virgin Mary, and drawing on written testimony and original documents, Hubert Wolf tells the incredible story of how one woman was able to perpetrate deception, heresy, seduction, and murder in the heart of the Church itself.

Critic Reviews:
"This sordid tale of sexual indecency, false saints, and murder within a 19th-century convent in Rome has all the trappings of a good thriller." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:
OMG so boring
Even as a religious scholar (studied at Harvard Div), I was expecting a far less narrative. This puts me to sleep within 30 minutes every time I try to listen.

good. interesting.
it goes on for quite a bit. If you're into history, you'll really like it. But the names and places are a bit tricky to follow, so you must focus on the info. it is nice and scandalous though ;)

So boring.
I couldn't get through much without giving up. I appreciate many genres, including nonfiction and history generally, but this is unbearable.