Antonio R. Sievert, Elizabeth Potter Sievert

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The Devil Disguised as St. Elmo: The Saga of Pierre Taillandier, Sj

Beschreibung

In "The Devil Disguised as St. Elmo" we follow Pierre Taillandier, a Jesuit priest and astronomer, to the New World and on to French India to serve as a missionary. His epic journey began in 1707 in France and ended when he reached Pondicherry in 1710. The next year, he wrote a letter about this voyage to his superior in Paris that began with these prescient words: "After God, I owe Your Reverend the happiness that I enjoy dedicating my remaining days to the conversion of Infidels." Not long thereafter, while enroute to a new mission in Golconda, Taillandier mysteriously disappeared.

Autor

Antonio R. Sievert is a retired Professional Engineer who lives in Florida with his wife, Elizabeth Potter Sievert. He also wrote "Across the Seas -- Three Brothers Find New Lives in Colonial Philippines," the story of his forebears' courageous decision to leave Cadiz, Spain, for the Philippines in the late 19th century. There they learned about their adopted country's turbulent history from a successful abaca trader.Elizabeth Potter Sievert, a retired American educator with graduate degrees from Stanford University and the University of Michigan, has worked and traveled extensively overseas as both a teacher and a researcher. She is the author of "The Story of Abaca -- Manila Hemp's Transformation from Textile to Marine Cordage and Specialty Paper," written with the assistance of the Philippine Department of Agriculture's Fiber Industry Development Authority.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781667833743
• ISBN-10: 166783374X
• Artikelnr.: 64703854