The Eagle and the Dove

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By Vita Sackville-West

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The Eagle and the Dove is a brilliant double biography by Vita Sackville-West that contrasts the lives of two female saints, Teresa of Avila and Therese of Lisieux. Teresa, known as 'the great', was an aristocratic, intellectual, and vigorous Spanish mystic of the sixteenth century, celebrated as the patron saint of Spain. In contrast, Therese, 'the little', was a guileless and sentimental French nun from the bourgeoisie, beloved throughout the Catholic calendar. Both were Carmelites and canonised saints, and Sackville-West explores the extraordinary rise of their cults and their enduring spiritual legacies.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in religious history, female spirituality, and biographical studies of influential women. Fans of Catholic mysticism and historical biographies will find it particularly rewarding.

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

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A brilliant double biography of two female saints: Teresa of Avila and Thérèse of Lisieux.

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 in The Eagle and the Dove.

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Hermione Lee in The Guardian describes Sackville-West as a glamorous aristocrat with a fascinating personal history, capturing her reckless, romantic spirit and literary genius, making this biography thoroughly enthralling.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784873523

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 March 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 149g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Vita Sackville-West was born in 1892 at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively before settling at Kent's Sissinghurst Castle in 1930, where she devoted much of her time to creating its now world-famous garden. Throughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women, and her unconventional marriage would later become the subject of a biography written by her son Nigel Nicolson. Though she produced a substantial body of work, amongst which are writings on travel and gardening, Sackville-West is best known for her novels The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent (1931), and for the pastoral poem The Land (1926), which was awarded the prestigious Hawthornden Prize. Sackville-West died on 2 June 1962 at her Sissinghurst home, aged seventy.