Rita Monaldi is an Italian journalist and writer who, in collaboration with her husband, Francesco Sorti

Francesco Sorti

Francesco Sorti is an Italian journalist who, in collaboration with his wife Rita Monaldi, wrote a series of literary-historical books called Imprimatur, Secretum and Veritas, with Atto Melani as a central character. They both live in Vienna....

, wrote a series of literary-historical books called Imprimatur, Secretum and Veritas, with Atto Melani

Atto Melani

Atto Melani was a famous Italian castrato opera singer, also employed as a diplomat and a spy.-Life:...

 as a central character. She majored in classical philology and specialized in the history of religions. They both live with their two young children in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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All the book titles of the series will create the sentence Imprimatur secretum, veritas mysterium. Unicum …
The authors translate this as follows: “Even when a secret is printed, the truth is always a mystery. It remains only…” The authors are keeping secret the titles of the final two volumes. They claim the novel was boycotted in Italy.

Reviews

Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti had been working on another "story" for years, which they decided they would turn into a historical novel. What their research had uncovered had startled them, even surprised them, although when we consider the times they were researching – the late 17th century – perhaps they should have expected to uncover all sorts of dubious information.
But their historical investigations concerned a former Pope, Innocent XI. They fashioned their findings about him into a novel, and the result was: a commercial and critical boycott.

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