The Devils of Loudun - (P.S.) by Aldous Huxley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this classic work, a true story of religious and sexual obsession is clarified and brought to vivid life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"HUXLEY'S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. ." -- <em>Washington Post Book World</em></strong></p><p>Aldous Huxley's brilliant (<em>Los Angeles Times</em>) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the peak achievement of Huxley's career by the <em>New York Times</em></p><p>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.</p><p>A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, <em>The Devils of Loudon</em> is considered by many to be <em>Brave New World</em> author Aldous Huxley's nonfiction masterpiece.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history</p><p>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.</p><p>In this classic work by the legendary Aldous Huxley--a remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece--a compelling historical event is clarified and brought to vivid life.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A brilliant book . . . "The Devils of Loudun" shows Huxley's genius at its best: It's his scientific, almost forensic and detailed approach that makes us feel the truth and horror of what happened long ago in France.--<strong><em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong><br><br>"An exciting and indeed compelling social-psychological interpretation of one of the strangest occurrences in history."--<strong><em>Sociology and Social Research</em></strong><br><br>"Here is the stuff that bizarre historical novels are made, but it is solidly based on fact and painstaking research. . . . This peak achievement of Huxley's career reveals his sharp skill at characterization, his ability to recreate the smell and flavor of vanished eras. . . . A story that sounds like fiction but isn't."--<strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><br><br>"Huxley's masterpiece and perhaps the most enjoyable book about spirituality ever written. In telling the grotesque, bawdy and true story of a 17th-century convent of cloistered French nuns who contrived to have a priest they never met burned alive as a warlock . . . Huxley painlessly conveys a wealth of information about mysticism and the unconscious."--<strong><em>Washington Post Book World</em></strong><br><br>"Masterful"--<strong><em>London Times</em></strong><br><br>"One of the best books by Aldous Huxley, both as a writer and as a thinker."--<strong><em>The Guardian (UK)</em></strong><br>
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