Pius IX reigned from 1846 to 1878, through the revolutions of 1848, the unification of Italy, the definition of the Immaculate Conception and the First Vatican Council. Dawson, a Scottish-born priest in Canada writing soon after his death, tells the story from a devoutly Catholic standpoint, quoting letters and diplomatic exchanges.
An admiring contemporary history, useful for how Catholics of 1880 saw the end of the Papal States. Download the free EPUB.