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Louis de Wohl


Born
in Berlin, Germany
January 24, 1903

Died
June 02, 1961


Mr. de Wohl was a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and his wife (nee Ruth Magdalene Lorch, whom he married in 1953) is a Lady Commander of the same Order. His fifty books include The Living Wood (Lippincott, 1947), Imperial Renegade (id., 1950), The Restless Flame (id., 1951), Throne of the World (id., 1949; published in England as Attila), The Golden Thread (Lippincott, 1952), The Second Conquest (id., 1954), Set All Afire (id., 1953), The Spear (id., 1955), and St. Joan, the Girl Soldier (Farrar, 1957) in the Vision Books series.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 8,850 ratings · 690 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors
The Spear
4.39 avg rating — 1,297 ratings — published 1955 — 3 editions
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The Quiet Light: A Novel Ab...
4.34 avg rating — 1,114 ratings — published 1950 — 2 editions
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The Restless Flame: A Novel...
4.18 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 1951 — 29 editions
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Lay Siege to Heaven: A Nove...
4.36 avg rating — 841 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions
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Set All Afire: A Novel of S...
4.30 avg rating — 691 ratings — published 1953 — 24 editions
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The Living Wood: A Novel ab...
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The Last Crusader: A Novel ...
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The Joyful Beggar: A Novel ...
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Citadel of God: A Novel Abo...
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“There is nothing to unify God and the soul but the Cross.”
― Louis de Wohl, The Quiet Light: A Novel About Thomas Aquinas
tags: catholicism, cross, saints, st-thomas-aquinas
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“Gregor flushed as he went on: "The entire content of the Confesions could be put into one single sentence in the book: when Augustine addresses God, saying: 'Thou hast made us for Thyself and our heart is unquiet until it rests in Thee.' This sentence, my lords and friends, is immortal. It contains the very heart of religion.”
― Louis de Wohl The Restless Flame
tags: biography, religion, st-augustine
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“Tell me, son... have you ever been intimidated by anyone?'
'Oh yes,' said Thomas.
'I don't believe it. By whom?'
'By Our Lord... on the altar.”
― Louis de Wohl
tags: altar, catholic, eucharist, faith, saints, st-thomas-aquinas
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