The Fearless Heart Walter Farrell Paul Jerome Keller

Paul Jerome Keller

he was the author of numerous works

emphasizes the profound connection between drama and philosophy in the mind of Marcel

Yet the novel transcends its own source of inspiration by its poignant—at times even unsettling—development of such themes as the limits of civilization

With his prodigious learning of the liberal arts

The Fearless Heart Walter Farrell Paul Jerome KellerBy Georges Bernanos On July 17, 1794, a group of Carmelite sisters stand at the foot of the scaffold in the Place de la Rvolution. Convicted of the capital crime of being fanaticsanti revolutionary, anti libertarian fanaticsthey have been condemned to death and now confront the final, fearful steps to martyrdom. Before this ultimate moment, their community has been sifted like wheat: the youngest among them, the aristocratic Blanche de la Force,