Light of the Night: The Last Eighteen Months in the Life of Th'r'se of Lisieux (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780268206376)

Th駻鑚e of Lisieux died on 30 September 1897. Nine months later, the now classic Story of a Soul appeared and proved an immediate success. However, when historians had access fifty years later to manuscripts written by Th駻鑚e they were surprised to discover enormous differences between these texts and the published version of Story of a Soul.

Jean-Fran輟is Six has written this new book with two purposes. First, he recalls the history of how Mother Agn駸, Prioress of the Carmelite convent and sister of Th駻鑚e altered and completed Th駻鑚e's text so that it became a travesty of the original. Secondly he re-establishes the truth of the last months of Th駻鑚e's life, her authentic spiritual message, and her contribution to the history of mysticism.

Here is a key study and a crucial work of rehabilitation.