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Language 0099477769 
The devils of Loudun / introduction by David Bradshaw. 
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Publication year: 2005
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Classification: 133.426
Publisher: London : Vintage, 2005, c1994.
ISBN: 9780099477761 (pbk): 9.99 0099477769 : 9.99
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First published 1952 by Chatto & Windus. This ed. originally published by Flamingo, 1994.
This text is a gripping account of Urbain Grandier, parson of the French town of Loudun, who was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634. It is full of details of witchcraft, gruesome exorcisms and the superstitions of an age haunted by devils.
Series title: Vintage classics
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xiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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A philosophical and theosophical exploration of the seventeenth-century case in France of parson Urbain Grandier. The parson was burnt at the stake for consorting with devils to take possession of a convent of nuns. Huxley uses similar devices to those found in Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood', which Capote described as non-fiction fiction, or faction. The blend of fact and fiction enhances the narrative's emotional impact. An extraordinary book, that is as accessible as it is intellectual.
23/01/23
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