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Audiobook of Anton de Waal's historical novel ‘The 20th September’
The priest Anton de Waal (1837-1917), rector of Campo Santo Teutonico since 1872, had been in Rome since 1868 and witnessed the fall of the Papal States during the Garibaldine war against the papal troops in 1870. They conquered Rome on 20 September of that year. De Waal wrote about his experiences in a novel that was published in 1901 and reprinted in 2011. It is now available as an audio book.
The novel takes the reader back to the last days of the Papal States. Anton de Waal stages the loss of the Pope's temporal rule over Rome in a vivid and impressive story. But ‘The 20th of September’ is much more than a gripping historical narrative: the book is an important contemporary document that describes military and political events, reveals religious sentiments and, last but not least, is a touching romance novel.
The audio book is read by Dr Michael Albrecht vom Kolke.
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- Written by: Stefan Heid
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