Veil of Fear: Nineteenth-Century Convent Tales
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Rebecca Reed and Maria Monk may not be well-known authors today, but these women were publishing sensations in nineteenth-century America. Their lurid tales of life in two North American convents, one in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and the other in Montreal, Canada, sold more than one-half million copies. Reed escaped from the Ursuline convent in Charlestown in 1832. Her dramatic renditions of Roman Catholic ritual practice helped spark a night of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:155753134X
ISBN13:9781557531346
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:Purdue University Press
Length:137 Pages
Weight:1.32 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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