Overview

He was one of the first to take an international flight. He had dinner with a Count and Countess who fled the Russian Revolution. He had an audience with Pope Pius XI and saw Benito Mussolini just days later. Despite all of this, he remained unknown...until now. Levi Alphonse Geniesse was an architect with a dream to design his own cathedral. In 1925, he recorded his travels through Europe and Northern Africa in his letters to loved ones and a pocket-sized travel journal. October 24, 1925 ""This begins a series of notes of a great adventure. To plan for years a study tour of Europe and at last to find myself miles from shore bound for the ""Old Country"" of my grandfather's stories seems too true for me to realize at present. I am hoping this trip is more than educational. I hope it results in my having two life long friends. I hope it helps me to find myself, to definitely decide in what manner the rest of my life is to be spent. To study church architecture is my main objective but to appreciate the spirit which resulted in noble monuments to God is my desire."" One hurdle impacted his plans: Chloe Wells, whose Presbyterian upbringing countered Levi's Catholic beliefs. What will become of their relationship as he makes this once-in-a-lifetime journey in the years between the World Wars?

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""History so good it reads like fiction."" ""THE nonfiction book for fiction readers."" - Madi A., reader's review ""Superbly written. The narrative alternates seamlessly between the two protagonists, anecdotes about visiting many European cities, and the top stories of the year 1925."" - Barbara M., reader's review (France) ""A perfect nonfiction book. Follows the love and travels of Levi and Chloe through letters and postcards. It was such a unique experience to get to go back in time and not only follow their day-to-day life but also the current issues, court cases and movements of the time."" - Myles S., reader's review

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Raised between a little southern town called Boaz and the big city of Birmingham, Alabama, Kristen Alger now calls Florida's Emerald Coast home. It has been a big change from the eleven years spent enjoying the cornfields of the Midwest.Kristen's educational background is in mechanical engineering, chemistry, and Spanish. After time spent in medical school pursuing her dream, she finalized her studies with a Master of Science in International Public Health.After thirty-plus years of marriage to her true love and raising three fabulous girls together, Kristen's life has taken a new direction. Writing has become a passion, offering this natural storyteller a venue to share nonfiction that is ""So Good it Reads Like Fiction.""This Times New Roman Bestselling author of So, It Happened Like This, stays in the nonfiction genre with Letters of a Traveling Architect, exchanging the central theme of humor for history.Kristen's latest work follows architect Levi Geniesse through his letters and pocket-sized travel journal as he travels through Europe and Northern Africa in search of friendship, love, and the perfect cathedral. Step back in history with a genealogist and photographer who has a story to tell from the years between World Wars.

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