To Quell The Terror The Mystery Of The Vocation Of The Sixteen Carmelites Of Compigne Guillotined July 17 1774 William Bush by William Bush 9780935216677, 9781939272164, 0935216677, 1939272165 instant download after payment.

By William Bush (Professor Emeritus of French Literature at the
University of Western Ontario). Recounts the dramatic true story of the
Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiegne, martyred during the French
Revolution's 'Great Terror' and known to the world through their
fictional representation in Gertrud von Le Fort's Song at the Scaffold
and Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. Includes index and 15
photos.
At the height of the French Revolution's 'Great Terror' a
community of sixteen Carmelite nuns from Compiegne offered their lives
to restore peace to the church and to France. Ten days after their
deaths by the guillotine, Robespierre fell, and with his exectuion on
the same scaffold the Reign of Terror effectively ended. Had God thus
accepted and used the Carmelites' generous self-gift? Through Gertrud
von Le Fort's modern novella, Song at the Scaffold, and Francis
Poulenc's famed opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites, (with its libretto
by Georges Bernanos), modern audiences around the world have become
captivated by the mysterious destiny of these Compiegne martyrs, Blessed
Teresa of St. Augustine and her companions. Now, for the first time in
English, William Bush explores at length the facts behind the fictional
representations, and reflects on their spiritual significance. Based on
years of research, this book recounts in lively detail virtually all
that is known of the life and background of each of the martyrs, as well
as the troubled times in which they lived. The Compiegne Carmelites,
sustained by their remarkable prioress, emerge as distinct individuals,
struggling as Christians to understand and respond to an awesome
calling, relying not on their own strength but on the mercy of God and
the guiding hand of Providence.