The Devils of Loudun
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The Devils of Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction account expressed in a novelistic style by English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. It recounts the events of the Loudun possessions of 1634.
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Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives and poems.
The Devils of Loudun
…The Devils of Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction account expressed in a novelistic style by English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. It recounts the events of the Loudun possessions of 1634. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual…
English Heritage blue plaque at 16 Bracknell Gardens, Hampstead, London, commemorating Aldous, his brother Julian, and his father Leonard
Bloomsbury Group members (July 1915). Left to right: Lady Ottoline Morrell (age 42); Maria Nys (age 15), who would become Mrs Huxley; Lytton Strachey (age 35); Duncan Grant (age 30); and Vanessa Bell (age 36)
Aldous Huxley by Low (1933)
The grave of Aldous Huxley in the cemetery at the Watts Cemetery Chapel in Compton in Surrey in 2026