The Devils of Loudun

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. He was then burned at the stake for witchcraft.

In this classic work, Aldous Huxley brings a remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession to vivid life; it is considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece.