The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria - Softcover

Kiser, John

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Synopsis

The inspiration for the major motion picture "Of Gods and Men"

In the spring of l996 armed men broke into a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria and took seven monks hostage, pawns in a murky negotiation to free imprisoned terrorists. Two months later their severed heads were found in a tree; their bodies were never recovered.

The village of Tibhirine had sprung up around the monastery because it was a holy place protected by the Virgin Mary, revered by Christians and Muslims alike. But napalm, helicopters, and gunfire had become regular accompaniments to the monastic routine as the violence engulfing Algeria drew closer to the isolated cloister high in the Atlas Mountains.

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About the Author

John Kiser is the author of Communist Entrepreneurs and Stefan Zweig: Death of a Modern Man. A former international technology broker, he now lives with his family in Sperryville, Virginia

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ISBN 10:  0312253176 ISBN 13:  9780312253172
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2002
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