The Devils of Loudun

The Devils of Loudun
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9780099477761
ISBN-13 : 0099477769
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Book Synopsis The Devils of Loudun by : Aldous Huxley

Download or read book The Devils of Loudun written by Aldous Huxley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1643: In one of history’s most sensational cases of mass possession and sexual hysteria, Urbain Grandier, a handsome seducer of women, and priest of the parish of Loudon, was found guilty of being in league with the devil and burnt at the stake. Huxley gives a vivid account of this bizarre tale of religious and sexual obsession.


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