{"product_id":"the-devils-of-loudun-isbn-9780061724916","title":"The Devils of Loudun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“HUXLEY'S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. .” — \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's \"brilliant\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as the \"peak achievement of Huxley’s career\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, \u003cem\u003eThe Devils of Loudon\u003c\/em\u003e is considered by many to be \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e author Aldous Huxley's nonfiction masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's acclaimed and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Huxley’s masterpiece and perhaps the most enjoyable book about spirituality ever written. In telling the grotesque, bawdy and true story of a 17th-century convent of cloistered French nuns who contrived to have a priest they never met burned alive as a warlock . . . Huxley painlessly conveys a wealth of information about mysticism and the unconscious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Masterful” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Here is the stuff that bizarre historical novels are made, but it is solidly based on fact and painstaking research. . . . This peak achievement of Huxley’s career reveals his sharp skill at characterization, his ability to recreate the smell and flavor of vanished eras. . . . A story that sounds like fiction but isn’t.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the best books by Aldous Huxley, both as a writer and as a thinker.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exciting and indeed compelling social-psychological interpretation of one of the strangest occurrences in history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociology and Social Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant book . . . “The Devils of Loudun” shows Huxley’s genius at its best: It’s his scientific, almost forensic and detailed approach that makes us feel the truth and horror of what happened long ago in France. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887892492517,"sku":"NP9780061724916","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061724916.jpg?v=1730227676","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-devils-of-loudun-isbn-9780061724916","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}