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The Pope's Legion: The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican
The Pope's Legion The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican
Author: Charles A. Coulombe
With Arthurian grandeur the Papal Zouaves marched into Italy in the mid-nineteenth century, summoned by the Pope under siege as the Wars of the Risorgimento raged. Motivated by wanderlust, a sense of duty and the call of faith, some 20,000 Catholic men from around the world rallied to Vatican City to defend her gates against Sardinian marauders....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780230600584
ISBN-10: 0230600581
Publication Date: 9/2/2008
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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