Devils of Loudun

<p><strong>HUXLEY'S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. . -- <em>Washington Post Book World</em></strong></p><p>Aldous Huxley's brilliant (<em>Los Angeles Times</em>) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history hailed as the peak achievement of Huxley's career by the <em>New York Times</em></p><p>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.</p><p>A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession <em>The Devils of Loudon</em> is considered by many to be <em>Brave New World</em> author Aldous Huxley's nonfiction masterpiece.</p>