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Description edit
The Vatican Announces that the Virgin Mary will return to Lourdes this year to Perform A Miracle Cure! Will It Be A Miracle? Or Will It Be A Fraud? Precious lives, loves, and happiness are at stake: Ken Clayton: the young American who abandons medical treatment for the chance of miracle ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bernadette Soubirous: Catholic saint and mystic.
- Amanda: Atheist trying to save her fiance from religious fanaticism.
- Gisele Dupree: Opportunistic tour guide at Lourdes.
- Liz Finch: Cynical, hardnosed journalist.
- Hurtado: Basque terrorist and sensitive, latin writer.
- Reggie: Exploitative entertainment promoter
- Edith Moore: A miracle cure recipient from a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- Natale: A lovely blind actress looking for a healing.
- Dr. Kleinberg: Add a description of this character.
- Ken
- Virgin Mary
- Sergei Tikhanov
- Father Ruland
- Elsa
- Woodcourt
- Dr. Berryer
- Mikel
- Rosa
- Madame Gautier
- Esther
- Samuel Talley
- Irving Wallace
- Trask
- Michelle
- Lourdes
- Anatole
- Jamet
- Kossoff
- Dr. Karp
- Yvonne
- Cayoux
- Bueno
- Lopez
- Bemadette
- Dr. Motta
- Dr. Duval
- Mr. Clayton
- Marguerite
- Julia
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- New York
- London
- Tarbes
- Bartres
- Venice
- Rome
- Chicago
- Cauterets
- Moscow
- France
- Nevers
- San Sebastian
- Massabielle
- Soviet Union
- Madrid
- Columbia University
- Biarritz
- Spain
- United States
- Geneva
- Marseilles
- Lisbon
- Betharram
- Blessed Virgin
- America
- Vatican
- Pau
- Zola
- Vermont
- Heaven
- Manhattan
- Kremlin
- Upper Basilica
- Sacred Heart
- Yalta
First Sentence edit
IT HAD BEEN A dark night, gradually graying, the darkness before the dawn, and it was six o'clock in the morning when the small, pretty peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, came down from the hill to the cave gouged out of rock, the grotto of Massabielle.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Irving Wallace (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Country: England
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 071812474X
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Country: England
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 071812474X
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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