{"id":16061,"date":"2025-08-25T17:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?p=16061"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:06:30","slug":"the-lineage-of-the-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/en\/bibliography-of-patrick\/the-lineage-of-the-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lineage of the Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Lineage of the Angel<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mystery of Mons continues to haunt Patrick Bernauw. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lineage of the Angel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows on from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Angel of Mons<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and once again revolves around the notorious angelic incident during the Battle of Mons. According to numerous witnesses, angels fought alongside the British army at the very moment the Germans threatened to crush them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally, it was merely a fictional story by the British author Arthur Machen, but for the soldiers who fought there, it was bitter reality. They continued to insist that they had truly seen a phantom army or heavenly apparitions. Thus a piece of literature grew into a stubborn wartime legend: the Angels of Mons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this book, Bernauw explores how fact and imagination intertwine in times of war\u2014and how myths sometimes prove stronger than truth itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More info at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernauw.com\/search\/label\/Arthur%20Machen\">bernauw.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lineage of the Angel The mystery of Mons continues to haunt Patrick Bernauw. 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