Possessed (a first printing)

Allen, Thomas B.

ISBN 10: 0385404425 / ISBN 13: 9780385404426

Published by Doubleday,uk, 1993

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uk1st.edition.1st.printing/vg hardback in vg dustwrapper.a nice looking copy with page edge tannin g.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Possessed (a first printing)
• Publisher: Doubleday,uk
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385404425
• ISBN 13: 9780385404426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In August 1949 a newspaper article caught the eye of William Peter Blatty, then an undergraduate. It described many of the bizarre and harrowing events upon which Blatty would later base his bestselling novel, "The Exorcist", and the film of the same name. 40 years later a priest's diary came to light. It had been hidden in a locked room in a St Louis mental hospital, and turned out to be a detailed account written by one of a team of Jesuits who had carried out a series of exorcisms of the boy at the centre of the case. The diary came into the hands of Thomas Allen, who researched its contents thoroughly, tracking down all surviving witnesses, including the victim. This book is the result of Allen's research. His other books include "Wargames".

About the Author

THOMAS B. ALLEN is author or co-author of 18 books, including Spy Book, which was co-authored with Norman Polmar. Formerly Associate Chief of the National Geographic Society's Book Service, he is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Magazine. His writings range from military subjects to natural history, including Vanishing Wildlife of North America, published by the National Geographic Society. He is the author of The Blue and the Gray, a history of the Civil War published by the Geographic, and the co-author, with Norman Polmar, of Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage and World War II: America at War 1941-1945.