Books like Immodest Acts
Immodest Acts by Judith C. Brown reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What Immodest Acts is like to read
A scholarly microhistory reconstructing, from candid archival documents, the rise and fall of a 17th-century Italian abbess whose faked visions and secret affair were exposed by church investigators. Reads as a dramatic true-history narrative rather than a fast page-turner, its power coming from the astonishing survival of the records. Best for: readers of academic microhistory and early modern gender/sexuality history who want a documented true story told with narrative drama.
About Immodest Acts — what the genome says
Is Immodest Acts a complete story or a cliffhanger?
It's a complete, standalone-satisfying story.
Who is Immodest Acts for?
readers of academic microhistory and early modern gender/sexuality history who want a documented true story told with narrative drama
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