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The unhappiness of Louis was referring to was the fact that upon the
death of Leopold, Ricci was persecuted, imprisoned, and died as weak
man who had recanted his errors. Louis' book gained great notoriety,
and is still today found in e-libraries, as it pointed out corruption and
immorality in Tuscan monastic life, that had offended Ricci. The
work included the theory that the Pope was poisoned by... the Jesuits!
On top of his encouragements to Louis, Stendhal asked Louis
recommendations in Florence and Rome. Louis hosted the visit of
his colleague journalist in the House of the French and introduced
him to personalities. When in Paris, Louis was in the “Hotel of
Brussels”, writing residence of Stendhal.
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