The Devils of Loudun (P.S. Series)

by Aldous Huxley

Overview

Aldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history

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.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061724916
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/28/2009
Series:	P.S. Series
Edition description:	New
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	46,191
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.

Editorial Reviews

A mirror in which modern man can see all that is rotten in his society and himself.

Saturday Review of Literature