Name: The Eagle and the Dove
SKU: 65477485
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Author: Vita Sackville-West
ISBN: 9781784873523

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Vintage Classics

Author

Vita Sackville-West

Year

2018

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6x13x2 cm

ISBN13

9781784873523

The Eagle and the Dove

Vita Sackville-West (Author) · Vintage Classics · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Eagle and the Dove"

The two saints whose lives Vita Sackville-West contrasts in this double biography were recorded by very different epithets: 'the great' and 'the little'.

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.