{"product_id":"the-twilight-of-romes-papal-nobility-the-life-of-agnese-borghese-boncompagni-ludovisi-paperback-softback-9781978840850","title":"The Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobility; The Life of Agnese Borghese Boncompagni Ludovisi (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978840850","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Life of Agnese Borghese Boncompagni Ludovisi\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eUgo Boncompagni Ludovisi (1856–1935) (Author), Carol Cofone (Translated by), T. Corey Brennan (Foreword by), Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978840850\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages, 5 color, 7 B-W images\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An intimate memorial to Agnese, who became wife, mother, and matriarch of a Roman aristocratic family in the tumultuous decades between the mid-nineteenth and the early twentieth century. From memoir to wider family history, Ugo's account intertwines the fate of the Boncompagni Ludovisi with the making of a new unified Italy. Cofone's translation captures the spirit of the now vanishing world of Roman aristocratic culture.\" - Caroline Castiglione (author of Accounting for Affection: Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome) \"Cofone's translation offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives and mental world of the nineteenth-century Roman aristocracy-intensely Catholic but increasingly international and, from a social position of certainty that would prove mistaken, intellectually curious. The economic ups and downs of the Boncompagni Ludovisi family, an astoundingly rich papal family which would topple from its great height by the end of the century, are the backdrop for marital alliances and travels, and the life of Agnese Borghese Boncompagni Ludovisi as written by her son was, in its own way, a gigantic adventure in which we can now participate.\" - Anthony Majanlahti (author of The Families who Made Rome: A History and a Guide) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwilight of Rome’s Papal Nobility \u003c\/i\u003efilters Agnese Borghese Boncompagni Ludovisi's life through the eyes of her son and biographer, Ugo. The exceptional encounters both she and the family at large had with elite members of the religious and secular establishment are combined with touching episodes of everyday life events. The biography exists at the crossroads of Italy's remarkable history, including Ugo's musings on the Risorgimento and the expropriation of his family's Villa Ludovisi, making Cofone's translation a truly fascinating read.”\u003c\/p\u003e - Pierette Kulpa (associate professor of art history at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eToday, the Ludovisi district is one of Rome’s most luxurious neighborhoods, home to famous restaurants and some of the most expensive shops in the city. But it was once private property, part of an eighty-six-acre villa owned by the Boncompagni Ludovisis, an ancient noble family with close ties to the papacy. The story of how the palazzo fell out of the family's hands reveals the tremendous social upheavals that Italy underwent following its mid-nineteenth-century unification.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e First privately published in 1921, \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobility\u003c\/i\u003e provides an intimate look at a family who grew up accustomed to almost unimaginable wealth, power, and glamour. A descendant of two popes, Ugo Boncompagni Ludovisi recounts the life story of his mother Agnese, who was raised in a palace full of priceless artwork, including pieces by Caravaggio and Michelangelo. We get a window into Agnese's private life-her girlhood, marriage, and raising of several children-as her public life becomes increasingly tumultuous amid the family’s struggles to retain its property. A tender elegy to a bygone era, Boncompagni Ludovisi's story provides a unique perspective on Italian history and Rome’s urban redevelopment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents \u003cbr\u003e Forewords by HSH Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi, T. Corey Brennan\u003cbr\u003e Translator’\u003cbr\u003es Note by Carol Cofone\u003cbr\u003e INTRODUCTION \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e To My Few Readers \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e CHAPTER I \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Casa Borghese \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Grandfather’\u003cbr\u003es Wedding-My Mother is Born \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Death of my Grandmother, Guendalina \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother Always Remembers This Death \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Grandfather’\u003cbr\u003es Second Marriage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother Up To the Age of Twelve \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Revolution of 1848 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pius IX Departs from Rome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e From My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es “\u003cbr\u003eJournal:”\u003cbr\u003e Pius IX and the Borghese in Gaeta \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Borghese in Naples \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Miracle of San Gennaro \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Devotion to the Sacred Heart-The Doria \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The News from Rome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The de Ligne \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Taking of Rome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pius IX in Portici and the Borghese in Vico \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Two Small Volumes of \u003ci\u003eMemories\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Her Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Her Father \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The “\u003cbr\u003eJournal”\u003cbr\u003e of Her mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Borghese Return-My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Education is Completed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e CHAPTER II \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eL’\u003cbr\u003eentrÉ\u003cbr\u003ee dans le monde”\u003cbr\u003e of My Mother...My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Entry into the World \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Engagement and a Misunderstanding with the Porter \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Marriage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Letters of My Grandfather Borghese \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Travel to Paris and England \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Birth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Other Letters from My Grandfather Borghese \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Brother Luigi is Born \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A First Excursion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Aunt Princess Doria Dies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Sister Guendalina \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Political Events-Francesco II in Rome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Don Bosco and Francesco II at Villa Ludovisi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Letters of Francesco II \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e One of My Audiences with Francesco II \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Family Relations-Some Names \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Sister Maddalena and My Brother Giuseppe are Born \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My First Communion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Warning That is Almost a Prophecy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Three Trips to Paris \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In Mentone, in Switzerland, in Bavaria \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e We Do Not “\u003cbr\u003ediamo del tu”\u003cbr\u003e Anymore \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In Belgium, in Cologne, and Again in Paris \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Get Lost in the Garden of the Exposition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Return to Rome and Meetings with the Countess Pianell, Monsignor di Canossa and the Garibaldini \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Trip to Mentana and the De Charette \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e La Quiete \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Institute of the Blind \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Charity Bazaar \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Serious Illness-My Sister Maria is Born \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Uncle and Aunt Venosa at La Quiete \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Faith of My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eUne Matriarche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Her Faith and Affection for the Roman Pontificate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gregory XVI \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pius IX \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Leo XIII \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pius X \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Benedict XV \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Political Philosophy of My Mother, The Division in Roman Society \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Fall Sick \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Deficiency in the Education of My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Faithful Cook \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Providential Care of the Staff \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The 20th of September, 1870 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother, the Pontifical Prisoners and Two Courtly Officers of the Bersaglieri \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The 20th of September and Several Years Spent at La Quiete \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Few Among the Visitors of La Quiete in Those Years \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Don Bosco \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Chapel of La Quiete and the Sacred Heart \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Other Visitors at La Quiete-Abbott Lisi and Abbott Ancaiani \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A True Tridentine Patriot \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Train Accident-Aunt and Uncle Bomarzo at La Quiete \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e CHAPTER III \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vittoria Patrizi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Thought about Marriage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Marriage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Death of Princess Adele Borghese \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Wedding of My Sister Guendalina \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Little Guendalina and My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Alton Towers Castle in the Past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Religious Vocation of My Sister Maddalena and My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Departure, the Investiture of My Sister in the Letters of Monsignor Czaski and My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Isabella Rondinelli Marries My Brother Luigi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e La Quiete, Its Visitors Cardinal Pecci and Cardinal Nina \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Two Oratorians Sacred to La Quiete: Monsignor Fabiani, Father Agostino da Montefeltro \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Death of My Vittoria, My Sorrow, the Affection of My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother and San Francesco \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e San Francesco-His Shrines-Franciscan Festivals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Grandfather Piombino Dies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Laura Altieri \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e At Palazzo Piombino in Piazza Colonna \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Great Sorrow: the Death of Her Father \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Thoughts on Maternal Authority \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Very Small Book Where She Wrote Down Her Memories About Her Children \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Little Political Newspapers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e October 20, 1886, a Very Happy Day for My Parents \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Father on the Verge of Death and Guido Baccelli \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Arduina di San Martino Marries My Brother Giuseppe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Palazzo in Via Veneto and My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother and the Memories of Casa Boncompagni \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Laura Dies-My Mother and Extreme Unction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Our Serious Financial Difficulties\u003cbr\u003e Charity, the Fortitude of My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Soul \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Look at Her Affection for My Father That Manifested Itself More in The Days of Suffering \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Sorrow of My Mother Over the Death of Princess Teresa Borghese \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My First Mass and The Long-Standing Prayer of My Mother in Loreto \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Three Great Sorrows, Three Perished...My Brother-In-Law Cattaneo Dies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Grandmother Piombino Dies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Son-In-Law Malvezzi Dies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Last Party At La Quiete-The Wedding of My Guglielmina \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It Is the Hostess Who Makes the Salon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Golden Wedding Anniversary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Canon Don Andrea Muzzarelli \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Good Friend, Today Bishop of Noto \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Francesco Marries Nicoletta Prinetti. Their First Child \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother and Her Affection for Her Husband in His Last Years \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Death of Our Father\u003cbr\u003e The Great Sorrow of MammÀ\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e CHAPTER IV \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Her Vision\u003cbr\u003e The Painful Privations That It Imposed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conversation Is a Welcome Relief \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Loss of a Beloved Sister and Two Dear Brothers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Grandmother and Her Affection for Her Grandchildren \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Heart of My Mother, And My Son \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Daughter Guendalina, Her Grandmother and Her Social Work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Thoughts About the Work of Women \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Congregation of San Vincenzo in Foligno \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Son Respected for His Love for His Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Activities Aimed at Spiritual Improvement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Belfiore and the Children of The Workers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The \u003ci\u003eTurchine\u003c\/i\u003e and Some of Her Ways of Carrying Out Charity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The First Communions-The Last Hundred Lire My Mother Gave \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mons. Faloci and the Charity of My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Going Back to My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es Characteristic Qualities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother and Culture-The Book \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Another Loss-Her Last Sorrow \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e She No Longer Goes To La Quiete \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mother Savina Petrilli and The Last Summer Seasons \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Last Summer Seasons in Her Letters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The “\u003cbr\u003eSisters Of The Poor”\u003cbr\u003e- The Dear One Of My Mother -“\u003cbr\u003eLeonetta\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gleaning Among the Reading Done “\u003cbr\u003eWith Pen in Hand”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Charity and Manual Work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Those Who Knew Her Write \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Maddalena Patrizi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Father Martens \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Carlo Santucci \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Count of Linange \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Raffaella Conestabile \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Monsignor Di Somma \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Matilde Fiorilli \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Return To Rome! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Her Life in The Last Months \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Everything Is in Order \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Sisters Tell Me \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Always Full of Life ... But Life Is Near Its End! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Last Days-The Sacraments-Memories-Goodbyes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Last Hours-The Prayers of The Dying \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I’\u003cbr\u003em Standing in That Room! She Breathes Her Last! ... It’\u003cbr\u003es Five Minutes to Midnight. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Who’\u003cbr\u003es Who\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Foreword xv\u003cbr\u003e HSH Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi\u003cbr\u003e T. Corey Brennan\u003cbr\u003e Translator’\u003cbr\u003es Note xxv\u003cbr\u003e Carol Cofone\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: To My Few Readers 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 3\u003cbr\u003e Casa Borghese 3\u003cbr\u003e My Grandfather’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Wedding-My\u003cbr\u003e Mother\u003cbr\u003e Is Born 5\u003cbr\u003e The Death of My Grandmother,\u003cbr\u003e Guendalina 6\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e Always Remembers This Death 7\u003cbr\u003e My Grandfather’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Second Marriage 11\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e Up to the Age of Twelve 13\u003cbr\u003e The Revolution of 1848 15\u003cbr\u003e Pius IX Departs from Rome 18\u003cbr\u003e From My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eJournal”\u003cbr\u003e: “\u003cbr\u003ePius IX\u003cbr\u003e and the Borghese in Gaeta”\u003cbr\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe Borghese in Naples”\u003cbr\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe Miracle of San Gennaro”\u003cbr\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe Devotion to the Sacred Heart-The\u003cbr\u003e Doria”\u003cbr\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe News from Rome”\u003cbr\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe de Ligne”\u003cbr\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eThe Taking of Rome”\u003cbr\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e Pius IX in Portici and the Borghese in Vico 44\u003cbr\u003e Two Small Volumes of Memories 45\u003cbr\u003e Her Mother\u003cbr\u003e 47\u003cbr\u003e Her Father\u003cbr\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e The “\u003cbr\u003eJournal”\u003cbr\u003e of Her Mother\u003cbr\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e The Borghese Return-My\u003cbr\u003e Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Education Is Completed 55\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 59\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eL’\u003cbr\u003eentrÉ\u003cbr\u003ee dans le monde”\u003cbr\u003e of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e (My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Entry into the World) 59\u003cbr\u003e The Engagement and a Misunderstanding\u003cbr\u003e with the Porter 62\u003cbr\u003e The Marriage 63\u003cbr\u003e Letters of My Grandfather\u003cbr\u003e Borghese 66\u003cbr\u003e Travel to Paris and England\u003cbr\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e My Birth 71\u003cbr\u003e Other Letters from My Grandfather\u003cbr\u003e Borghese 73\u003cbr\u003e My Brother\u003cbr\u003e Luigi Is Born 74\u003cbr\u003e A First Excursion 74\u003cbr\u003e Aunt Princess Doria Dies 75\u003cbr\u003e My Sister\u003cbr\u003e Guendalina 76\u003cbr\u003e Political\u003cbr\u003e Events-Francesco\u003cbr\u003e II in Rome 76\u003cbr\u003e Don Bosco and Francesco II at Villa Ludovisi 77\u003cbr\u003e Letters of Francesco II 79\u003cbr\u003e One of My Audiences with Francesco II 82\u003cbr\u003e Family\u003cbr\u003e Relations-Some\u003cbr\u003e Names 83\u003cbr\u003e My Sister\u003cbr\u003e Maddalena and My Brother\u003cbr\u003e Giuseppe Are Born 86\u003cbr\u003e My First Communion 87\u003cbr\u003e A Warning That Is Almost a Prophecy 88\u003cbr\u003e Three Trips to Paris 88\u003cbr\u003e In Mentone, in Switzerland, in Bavaria 89\u003cbr\u003e We Do Not “\u003cbr\u003eDiamo del Tu”\u003cbr\u003e Anymore 90\u003cbr\u003e In Belgium, in Cologne, and Again in Paris 91\u003cbr\u003e I Get Lost in the Garden of the Exposition 92\u003cbr\u003e Return to Rome and Meetings with the Countess\u003cbr\u003e Pianell, Monsignor di Canossa, and the\u003cbr\u003e Garibaldini 94\u003cbr\u003e A Trip to Mentana and the De Charette 96\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eLa Quiete”\u003cbr\u003e 97\u003cbr\u003e The Institute of the Blind 98\u003cbr\u003e The Charity Bazaar 100\u003cbr\u003e My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Serious Illness-My\u003cbr\u003e Sister\u003cbr\u003e Maria Is Born 104\u003cbr\u003e My Uncle\u003cbr\u003e and Aunt Venosa at La Quiete 106\u003cbr\u003e The Faith of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e Une Matriarche 108\u003cbr\u003e Her Faith and Affection for the Roman\u003cbr\u003e Pontificate 108\u003cbr\u003e Gregory XVI 109\u003cbr\u003e Pius IX 109\u003cbr\u003e Leo XIII 111\u003cbr\u003e Pius X 112\u003cbr\u003e Benedict XV 113\u003cbr\u003e The Political\u003cbr\u003e Philosophy of My Mother,\u003cbr\u003e the Division in Roman Society 113\u003cbr\u003e I Fall Sick 114\u003cbr\u003e A Deficiency in the Education of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 115\u003cbr\u003e A Faithful Cook 120\u003cbr\u003e Providential Care of the Staff 121\u003cbr\u003e The 20th of September 1870 123\u003cbr\u003e My Mother,\u003cbr\u003e the Pontifical Prisoners, and Two\u003cbr\u003e Courtly Officers of the Bersaglieri 124\u003cbr\u003e The 20th of September and Several Years\u003cbr\u003e Spent at La Quiete 125\u003cbr\u003e A Few among the Visitors of La Quiete in Those\u003cbr\u003e Years 129\u003cbr\u003e Don Bosco 130\u003cbr\u003e The Chapel of La Quiete and the Sacred Heart 132\u003cbr\u003e Other Visitors at La Quiete-Abbott\u003cbr\u003e Lisi\u003cbr\u003e and Abbott Ancaiani 134\u003cbr\u003e A True Tridentine Patriot 136\u003cbr\u003e A Train Accident-Aunt\u003cbr\u003e and Uncle\u003cbr\u003e Bomarzo\u003cbr\u003e at La Quiete 139\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 141\u003cbr\u003e Vittoria Patrizi 141\u003cbr\u003e A Thought about Marriage 142\u003cbr\u003e My Marriage 143\u003cbr\u003e The Death of Princess Adele Borghese 143\u003cbr\u003e The Wedding of My Sister\u003cbr\u003e Guendalina 144\u003cbr\u003e My Little\u003cbr\u003e Guendalina and My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 145\u003cbr\u003e Alton Towers Castle\u003cbr\u003e in the Past 145\u003cbr\u003e The Religious Vocation of My Sister\u003cbr\u003e Maddalena\u003cbr\u003e and My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e The Departure, the Investiture of My Sister\u003cbr\u003e in the Letters of Monsignor Czaski, and\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 149\u003cbr\u003e Isabella Rondinelli Marries My Brother\u003cbr\u003e Luigi 153\u003cbr\u003e La Quiete, Its Visitors Cardinal Pecci and\u003cbr\u003e Cardinal Nina 154\u003cbr\u003e Two Oratorians Sacred to La Quiete:\u003cbr\u003e Monsignor Fabiani, Father\u003cbr\u003e Agostino\u003cbr\u003e da Montefeltro 156\u003cbr\u003e The Death of My Vittoria, My Sorrow,\u003cbr\u003e the Affection of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e and San Francesco 158\u003cbr\u003e San Francesco-His\u003cbr\u003e Shrines-Franciscan\u003cbr\u003e Festivals 159\u003cbr\u003e My Grandfather\u003cbr\u003e Piombino Dies 163\u003cbr\u003e Laura Altieri 163\u003cbr\u003e At Palazzo Piombino in Piazza Colonna 164\u003cbr\u003e A Great\u003cbr\u003e Sorrow: The Death of Her Father\u003cbr\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Thoughts on Maternal Authority 166\u003cbr\u003e A Very Small Book Where She Wrote\u003cbr\u003e Down Her Memories about Her Children\u003cbr\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e Little\u003cbr\u003e Political\u003cbr\u003e Newspapers 172\u003cbr\u003e 20 October 1886, a Very Happy Day for\u003cbr\u003e My Parents 174\u003cbr\u003e My Father\u003cbr\u003e on the Verge of Death and\u003cbr\u003e Guido Baccelli 174\u003cbr\u003e My Sister\u003cbr\u003e Maria Marries Francesco Caffarelli 175\u003cbr\u003e Arduina di San Martino Marries My Brother\u003cbr\u003e Giuseppe 179\u003cbr\u003e The Palazzo in Via Veneto and My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e and the Memories of Casa\u003cbr\u003e Boncompagni 180\u003cbr\u003e My Laura Dies-My\u003cbr\u003e Mother\u003cbr\u003e and Extreme\u003cbr\u003e Unction 182\u003cbr\u003e Our Serious Financial Difficulties\u003cbr\u003e Charity,\u003cbr\u003e the Fortitude of My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Soul 183\u003cbr\u003e A Look at Her Affection for My Father\u003cbr\u003e That\u003cbr\u003e Manifested Itself More in the Days of\u003cbr\u003e Suffering 185\u003cbr\u003e The Sorrow of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e over the Death\u003cbr\u003e of Princess ThÉ\u003cbr\u003erÈ\u003cbr\u003ese Borghese 188\u003cbr\u003e My First Mass and the Long-Standing\u003cbr\u003e Prayer of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e in Loreto 189\u003cbr\u003e Three Great\u003cbr\u003e Sorrows, Three Perished . . . My\u003cbr\u003e Brother-in-\u003cbr\u003e Law\u003cbr\u003e Cattaneo Dies 190\u003cbr\u003e My Grandmother\u003cbr\u003e Piombino Dies 191\u003cbr\u003e My Son-in-\u003cbr\u003e Law\u003cbr\u003e Malvezzi Dies 192\u003cbr\u003e The Last Party at La Quiete-The\u003cbr\u003e Wedding\u003cbr\u003e of My Guglielmina 192\u003cbr\u003e It Is the Hostess Who Makes the Salon 193\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Wedding Anniversary 194\u003cbr\u003e The Canon Don Andrea Muzzarelli 199\u003cbr\u003e A Good Friend, Today\u003cbr\u003e Bishop of Noto 201\u003cbr\u003e My Francesco Marries Nicoletta Prinetti.\u003cbr\u003e Their First Child 202\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e and Her Affection for Her\u003cbr\u003e Husband in His Last Years 202\u003cbr\u003e The Death of Our Father\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e the Great\u003cbr\u003e Sorrow of MammÀ\u003cbr\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 207\u003cbr\u003e Her Vision\u003cbr\u003e the Painful Privations That\u003cbr\u003e It Imposed 207\u003cbr\u003e Conversation Is a Welcome Relief 209\u003cbr\u003e The Loss of a Beloved Sister\u003cbr\u003e and Two\u003cbr\u003e Dear Brothers\u003cbr\u003e 209\u003cbr\u003e Grandmother\u003cbr\u003e and Her Affection for\u003cbr\u003e Her Grandchildren 211\u003cbr\u003e The Heart of My Mother,\u003cbr\u003e and My Son 212\u003cbr\u003e My Daughter\u003cbr\u003e Guendalina, Her Grandmother,\u003cbr\u003e and Her Social Work 213\u003cbr\u003e My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Thoughts about the Work of\u003cbr\u003e Women\u003cbr\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e The Congregation of San Vincenzo in Foligno 215\u003cbr\u003e A Son Respected for His Love for His Mother\u003cbr\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e Activities Aimed at Spiritual Improvement 217\u003cbr\u003e Belfiore and the Children\u003cbr\u003e of the Workers 218\u003cbr\u003e The Turchine and Some of Her Ways of Carrying\u003cbr\u003e Out Charity 218\u003cbr\u003e The First Communions-The\u003cbr\u003e Last Hundred\u003cbr\u003e Lire My Mother\u003cbr\u003e Gave 219\u003cbr\u003e Mons. Faloci and the Charity of My Mother\u003cbr\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e Going\u003cbr\u003e Back to My Mother’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Characteristic\u003cbr\u003e Qualities 220\u003cbr\u003e My Mother\u003cbr\u003e and Culture-The\u003cbr\u003e Book 222\u003cbr\u003e Another Loss-Her\u003cbr\u003e Last Sorrow 223\u003cbr\u003e She No Longer Goes to La Quiete 224\u003cbr\u003e Mother\u003cbr\u003e Savina Petrilli and the Last Summer\u003cbr\u003e Seasons 225\u003cbr\u003e The Last Summer Seasons in Her Letters 231\u003cbr\u003e The “\u003cbr\u003eSisters\u003cbr\u003e of the Poor”\u003cbr\u003e-The\u003cbr\u003e Dear One\u003cbr\u003e of My Mother-\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leonetta”\u003cbr\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e Gleaning among the Reading Done “\u003cbr\u003ewith\u003cbr\u003e Pen in Hand”\u003cbr\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e Charity and Manual Work 244\u003cbr\u003e What Those\u003cbr\u003e Who Knew Her Write 244\u003cbr\u003e Maddalena Patrizi 245\u003cbr\u003e Father\u003cbr\u003e Martens 245\u003cbr\u003e Carlo Santucci 247\u003cbr\u003e The Count of Linange 248\u003cbr\u003e Raffaella Conestabile 248\u003cbr\u003e Monsignor Di Somma 249\u003cbr\u003e Matilde Fiorilli 251\u003cbr\u003e Return to Rome! 254\u003cbr\u003e Her Life in the Last Months 255\u003cbr\u003e Everything\u003cbr\u003e Is in Order 258\u003cbr\u003e My Sisters\u003cbr\u003e Tell Me 259\u003cbr\u003e Always Full of Life . . . but Life Is Near Its End! 260\u003cbr\u003e Last Days-The\u003cbr\u003e Sacraments-Memories-\u003cbr\u003e Goodbyes\u003cbr\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e Last Hours-The\u003cbr\u003e Prayers of the Dying\u003cbr\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e I’\u003cbr\u003em Standing in That Room! 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