Veil of Fear: Nineteenth-Century Convent Tales

by Maria Monk and Rebecca Theresa Reed

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"