Aldous Huxleys acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangestoccurrences in history In 1643 an entire convent in the small French village ofLoudun was a... » 

Aldous Huxleys acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangestoccurrences in history In 1643 an entire convent in the small French village ofLoudun was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational andcelebrated trial the convents charismatic priest Urban Grandieraccused ofspiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his chargewas convicted ofbeing in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft. Inthis classic work by the legendary Aldous Huxleya remarkable true story ofreligious and sexual obsession considered by many to be his nonfictionmasterpiecea compelling historical event is clarified and brought to vividlife. «