The Devils of Loudun
Urbain Grandier, parson of the French town of Loudun, was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634. He was accused of being in league with the Devil and seducing an entire convent of nuns, in what is the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history.
Biography & AutobiographyHistoricalHistoryEuropeFranceReligion
RELEASED2001
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH376
LANGUAGEEN
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems.
The Devils of Loudun
Urbain Grandier, parson of the French town of Loudun, was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634. He was accused of being in league with the Devil and seducing an entire convent of nuns, in what is the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history.
Biography & AutobiographyHistoricalHistoryEuropeFranceReligionChristianityCatholic
RELEASED2001
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH376
LANGUAGEEN
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems.
