The Devils of Loudun
Download or Read eBook The Devils of Loudun PDF written by Aldous Huxley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Aldous Huxley |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2010-05-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781409079507 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1409079503 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Devils of Loudun by : Aldous Huxley
Book excerpt: A gripping biography by the author of Brave New World In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns. Grandier maintained his innocence to the end but four years after his death the nuns were still being subjected to exorcisms to free them from their demonic bondage. Huxley's vivid account of this bizarre tale of religious and sexual obsession transforms our understanding of the medieval world.
