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The Devils of Loudun (P.S.)
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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9780061724916
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Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history In 1643 an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational and celebrated trial, the convent's charismatic priest Urban Grandieraccused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his chargewas convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft. In this classic work by the legendary Aldous Huxleya remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiecea compelling historical event is clarified and brought to vivid life.
- | Author: Aldous Huxley
- | Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- | Publication Date: July 28, 2009
- | Number of Pages: 370 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0061724912
- | ISBN-13: 9780061724916
- Author:
- Aldous Huxley
- Publisher:
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Publication Date:
- July 28, 2009
- Number of pages:
- 370 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0061724912
- ISBN-13:
- 9780061724916