{"id":16068,"date":"2025-08-15T23:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?p=16068"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:24:25","slug":"the-mystery-of-mons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/en\/bibliography-of-patrick\/the-mystery-of-mons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Mons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Mystery of Mons<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mystery of Mons<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Patrick Bernauw and photographer Marc Borms take you to the Walloon city that became world-famous during the First World War because of a stubborn legend: that of the Angels of Mons. The story began with a short story by Arthur Machen, in which heavenly warriors suddenly came to the aid of British troops. Soon fiction became reality: eyewitnesses, newspapers, and soldiers testified as if the angels had truly appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bernauw and Borms use this fascinating premise as the starting point for an interactive city game in book form. Through enigmatic photographs, clues, and texts, you yourself become a player in the mystery. As you explore Mons, a quest unfolds leading you past historical sites, hidden symbolism, and ancient urban legends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book thus combines historical facts, local lore, and modern game formats\u2014a guide, a story, and a treasure hunt in one.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mystery of Mons In The Mystery of Mons, Patrick Bernauw and photographer Marc Borms take you to the Walloon city that became world-famous during <a href=\"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/en\/bibliography-of-patrick\/the-mystery-of-mons\/\" class=\"more-link\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-16068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bibliography-of-patrick","tag-patrick-bernauw-en","authors-patrick-bernauw"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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