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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 explor
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- Author
- Bush, William
- Publisher
- I C S Publications
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780935216677
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Philosophy, History, Religion
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (79 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- To quell the terror : the mystery of the vocation of the sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne guillotined July 17, 1794 (1999)
- TO QUELL THE TERROR: The Mystery of the Vocation of the Sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne Guillotined July 17, 1774 (2013)
- To quell the terror : the mystery of the vocation of the sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne guillotined July 17, 1794 (2019)
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