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“HUXLEY''S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. .” — Washington Post Book World

Aldous Huxley''s brilliant (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the peak achievement of Huxley’s career by the New York Times

In 1632 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 Grandier—accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his charge—was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft.

A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, The Devils of Loudon is considered by many to be Brave New World author Aldous Huxley''s nonfiction masterpiece.

The Devils of Loudun

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
      Published 28 July 2009
      ISBN-13 9780061724916
      978-0061724916
      ISBN-10 0061724912
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      European history Contemporary non-Christian and para-Christian cults and sects Books by Aldous Huxley

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “HUXLEY''S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. .” — Washington Post Book World

      Aldous Huxley''s brilliant (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the peak achievement of Huxley’s career by the New York Times

      In 1632 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 Grandier—accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his charge—was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft.

      A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, The Devils of Loudon is considered by many to be Brave New World author Aldous Huxley''s nonfiction masterpiece.

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