The Coming of the Monster: A Tale of the Masterful Monk

by Owen Francis Dudley

Overview

FATHER ANSELM THORNTON, the Masterful Monk, reappears, to enter the lives of Captain Louis Vivien, of the French Intelligence Service, and Verna Wray, the girl of the tale.
The theme is the growing revolt against God and the moral law which is now spreading openly or in subtle forms throughout the world.
An unusual love story is interwoven, the setting of which lies mainly in England, with incidental work in Leningrad, Paris, Lourdes and Hollywood. The tale works up to a love-climax, and to a startling ending, consequent upon the detective work of Captain Louis Vivien and certain acts of the Masterful Monk.
It will be noticed that the author has adopted a cinema technique—interspersing "interims" with "shots" superimposed in quick succession. The method is effective for showing the monster of revolt in the background, behind the happenings of the tale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789126952
Publisher:	Valmy Publishing
Publication date:	07/23/2019
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	153
File size:	714 KB

About the Author

Owen Francis Dudley (1882-1952) was an English Catholic priest who gained fame both as a world lecturer and as a novelist.
Dudley became an Anglican minister in 1911 and was received into the Catholic Church in 1915. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1917 and became a chaplain in the British Army. Dudley saw service on the French and Italian fronts during World War I and was wounded. After the war he was active in the Catholic Missionary Society (a society of Catholic priests) and was elected the Superior General of the Catholic Missionary Society of England in 1933.
Dudley's published novels include The Masterful Monk (1929), Pageant of Life (1932), The Coming of the Monster (1936), The Tremaynes and the Masterful Monk (1940), Michael (1948), and Last crescendo (1954), which was published posthumously.
In addition to his novels, he penned some nonfiction works, including Will Men Be Like Gods?: Humanitarianism or Human Happiness? (1932), Human Happiness and H.G. Wells (1936), The Church Unconquerable (1936), You and Thousands Like You" (1949), and 'What I Found'—An Ex-Anglican's Conversion Story (1949).
Dudley died in 1952.

Dudley became an Anglican minister in 1911 and was received into the Catholic Church in 1915. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1917 and became a chaplain in the British Army. Dudley saw service on the French and Italian fronts during World War I and was wounded. After the war he was active in the Catholic Missionary Society (a society of Catholic priests) and was elected the Superior General of the Catholic Missionary Society of England in 1933.
Dudley’s published novels include The Masterful Monk (1929), Pageant of Life (1932), The Coming of the Monster (1936), The Tremaynes and the Masterful Monk (1940), Michael (1948), and Last crescendo (1954), which was published posthumously.
In addition to his novels, he penned some nonfiction works, including Will Men Be Like Gods?: Humanitarianism or Human Happiness? (1932), Human Happiness and H.G. Wells (1936), The Church Unconquerable (1936), You and Thousands Like You” (1949), and ‘What I Found’—An Ex-Anglican’s Conversion Story (1949).
Dudley died in 1952.