Title: Catholic Responses in Times of Disorder: Three Historical Novels of A. Manzoni, G. von Le Fort and E. von Handel-Mazzetti
By Mrs. Hickson
Mrs. Hickson whetted the listeners’ appetites for good Catholic literature with three reviews of great historical novels, each of which stirs the soul to heroic virtue: Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi (The Espoused); von Le Fort’s The Song of the Scaffold; and von Handel-Mazetti’s Jesse and Maria.
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