The Eagle and the Dove The Eagle and the Dove

The Eagle and the Dove

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Publisher Description

The two saints whose lives Vita Sackville-West contrasts in this double biography were recorded by very different epithets: 'the great' and 'the little'. Both women were Carmelites, both canonised and both shared the same name. But whilst Teresa of Avila was aristocratic, intellectual, vigorous and humorous, a Spanish woman of the sixteenth century, Thérèse of Lisieux was a guileless and sentimental figure of the French bourgeoisie. Teresa, the great mystic, is the patron saint of Spain; Thérèse, the humble nun, is probably the most beloved saint in the entire Calendar. The extraordinary rise of the cult of both women is scrutinised.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2018
8 March
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House
SELLER
The Random House Group Limited
SIZE
12.3
MB

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