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Overview. Another of the popular historical novels by the distinguished de Wohl, telling the. Citadel of God: A Novel About Saint Benedict (Chapter One) | Louis de Wohl Print-friendly version "Rome is finished", said Senator Albinus. He sipped his wine, then held up the goblet carved from amethyst. "Very pretty", he approved. "I wonder where they find stones large enough to be cut like this. Very pretty.". Get this from a library! Citadel of God: a novel about Saint Benedict. [Louis De Wohl].
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