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~ news updates,
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~ and latest book projects.
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UPDATE: February 2024 - LENT is COMING!
If you are looking for new spiritual reading material for the penitential season,
I highly recommend Fr. de Boylesve's insightful book:
Although written for the July feast day,
it is also a great book for Lent.
(Click the title for details)
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* MARCH * is also not that far away!
If you are looking for some lovely devotionals in honour of St. Joseph,
I also recommend:
and
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Jan 17, 2024 -- UNFORTUNATE LATEST UPDATE -
Sorry everyone, I was hoping to have this awesome work
fully translated and published by February:-
JESUS CHRIST According to the OLD TESTAMENT by Fr Marin de Boylesve
but a demonic gremlin got into my computer and the entire file has been corrupted beyond recovery. I have to start from scratch and translate the entire book from the original French all over again.
Not surprised though, I've had really strange things happen when writing, (usually it happens when exposing how the devil works, you should have seen the nutty things things happening when I was working on "Faust" and and "Vocation of a Gadfly", I nearly lost "Vocation" through a computer blowing up.)
Yes, this book by Fr Boylesve I was working on is awesome. In addition to the subject matter indicated by the title, it concisely explains the Kingship of Christ and the sacred nature of royal rule as indicated throughout the whole Bible. Let's just say "someone" with a pointy tail doesn't want this book to get out. Sigh. Back to the drawing board!
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Nov. 16, 2023 -- I am now offering BOOK REVIEW and BETA READING SERVICES!
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My BOOK LIST - PUBLISHED WORKS
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The various spiritual classics of
Fr. Marin de Boylesve, S.J. (1813-1892)
How this project started: I recently discovered one of the few books by this French priest that was translated into English: "Little Month of Saint Joseph" and found such unique spiritual insights so simply expressed in this devotional booklet I had to publish it.
Looking into his life, he was an amazing priest, one true Traditional Jesuit, the kind that gave fiery sermons and cared about the salvation of souls and the glory of God. He is still known in French circles for helping to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart and thereby supported the construction of the Sacre Coeur basilica in Paris.
I also found out he was from the Vendeé, that blessed region of France that resisted the Masonic French Revolutionaries. The people of Brittany and the Vendeé areas supported the Catholic King and gave their lives for the Faith despite the horrific persecution from the Revolutionary soldiers. The Vendeans suffered in brutal, genocidal ways, arguably, the likes of which would not be seen in Europe until Hitler and his concentration camps.
Patriotic to the core, this courageous Catholic zeal of the Vendeé and the spirit of St. Ignatius is ever present in Fr. de Boylesve's books. Someone told me you would never know they were written in the 19th century, they sound as if they were written for our dark times today when we need such spiritual encouragement, and it is true. I had to see if there were other books, and yes, quite a few that were never translated into English, which is now my latest project!
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"The SACRED HEART of JESUS"
by Fr. Marin de Boylesve
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By Fr. Marin de Boylesve, S.J. (1813-1892)
"A THOUGHT for
EACH DAY of the YEAR"
by Fr. Marin de Boylesve, S.J. (1813-1892)
No more excuses that you don't know how to meditate!
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LITTLE MONTH
of SAINT JOSEPH
By Fr. Marin de Boylesve, S.J. (1813-1892)
My own works and other book projects:
Creative and impetuous, Katherine Walsingham has
simple but grand plans after she receives her Masters degree
in art--to
defiantly strive
for the highest ideals in her work contrary to modernist
trends, and, like many artists, to open
her own gallery, right in the heart of fashionable Manhattan,
never
suspecting the successes and triumphs, bumps and trials that
will head
her way. Consumed with her career goals and not prepared to
settle down just yet, she discovers life and love have a
strange way
of turning all her best laid plans topsy-turvy with
bittersweet
consequences, especially when she has caught the eye of New
York's most eligible bachelor whose family has a dark and disturbing
past.
VOCATION of a GADFLY
Book 2 of the GADFLY SAGA
Published by Batalha Publishers July / August 2018
(Translated from the French chronicles.)
Marie-Julie of the Crucifix: Stigmatist and Prophet - a shorter book featuring the most relevant prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny. Also FREE!
As the title displays, this publication features
several essays spanning the gamut of musical styles and eras, from the
Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionist periods to the modern
musicals of the West End and Broadway. Each essay concentrates on a famous composer
and a landmark composition or an important topic particular to each
era.
Click HERE to FIND OUT MORE!
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You may order these titles from your favorite online or local brick and mortar bookstore.
Again, please don't be fooled by "Temporarily Out of Stock" or "Out of Stock" listings online, ALL my book are in print. If Amazon says "Order now and we'll deliver when it's available" 'or 'Out of stock' they aren't, I assure you, they're available. Go ahead and place your order, or choose another bookstore in the links provided.
My books also have pages on Facebook ~ if you like them, don't forget to "Like" them! They're also on Goodreads.com too, put them on your to-read list!
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Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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VOCATION of a GADFLY
Book 2 of the GADFLY SAGA
Published by Batalha Publishers July / August 2018
Armed only
with his faith, prayer and his exorcism weapons, Monsignor Peter Reinold dares to defy
an ancient enemy only to discover an inferno prepared to destroy
him.
Available in Hardback, Papeback and on Kindle!
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FREE e-book
(December 8, 2014)
(December 8, 2014)
Was JRR Tolkien inspired by the
"Great Monarch Prophecies"
when writing his famous epic?
CLICK HERE to FIND OUT MORE!
"Great Monarch Prophecies"
when writing his famous epic?
CLICK HERE to FIND OUT MORE!
Batalha Publishers, Hardback, February
28, 2014
Paperback, November 7, 2023.
A poetical celebration of the enigmatic masked
genius
(Translated from the French chronicles.)
Marie-Julie of the Crucifix: Stigmatist and Prophet - a shorter book featuring the most relevant prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny. Also FREE!
FAUST: My Soul be Damned for the World, Vol. 1
(Batalha Publishers, 1st Hardback Edition, August 2010)
A comprehensive exploration of Dr. Faust, the man
who sold his soul to the Devil, and those who dared to tell his
tale.
Volume 1 includes:
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New insights into the life and times of the historical Dr. Faustus, the notorious occultist and charlatan who reputedly declared the devil was his ´brother-in-law´.
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A detailed study of the first Faust books and the popular Faustian folk tales.
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Original discussions on Christopher Marlowe´s famous drama and his ´atheistic´ rendition of the Faustian myth, including new a unique and controversial analysis of the A and B texts.
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The days of the Faust puppet plays.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing´s unfinished Faust drama.
CLICK HERE for MORE INFORMATION and where to order!
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VOLUME 2 ~ FAUST: My Soul be Damned for the World
(Batalha Publishers, 1st Hardback Edition, August 2010)
Volume 2 features:
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A unique, in-depth account of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's masterpiece, Faust, Parts One and Two.
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An examination of the early sketches of his classic drama.
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Includes detailed explanations of Goethe's hidden symbolism in the text, his interest in history and science, the occult, alchemy, Freemasonry and his warnings to future generations.
FIND OUT MORE and where to order, click here!
Handel's Path to Covent Garden
(Batalha Publishers, August 2010)
Many Classical music lovers are familiar
with the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) for his
famous “Messiah” oratorio, but are not aware his preferred
area of composition was Italian opera seria.
Biographical books explore his career as an opera composer and
the rise of the new pious genre when Italian opera was no longer
popular in London, but rarely do we find detailed accounts or
discussions of that strange period in the 1730s when this shift
in popularity forced Handel to leave the Haymarket theatre and
join with John Rich at Covent Garden where he tried to carry on
the Royal Academy opera company in competition with the new Opera of the
Nobility venture founded by the Prince of Wales before he was
finally forced to abandon opera in favour of the oratorio. This
book explores this rocky transition period and how it affected
Handel’s work, namely, his addition of French elements into
his operas and other novel innovations in order to regain his
chagrined public. There are discussions exploring the
possibility Handel was his own worse enemy with regards to his
business decisions as impresario-composer, alienating the
Italians of London and his public, which nearly cost him his
career. A fascinating study for Handel admirers.
FIND OUT MORE! Click HERE!
FIND OUT MORE! Click HERE!
A Compendium of Essays: Purcell, Hogarth and Handel, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy and Andrew Lloyd Webber
(Batalha Publishers, August 2010)
Click HERE to FIND OUT MORE!
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You may order these titles from your favorite online or local brick and mortar bookstore.
Again, please don't be fooled by "Temporarily Out of Stock" or "Out of Stock" listings online, ALL my book are in print. If Amazon says "Order now and we'll deliver when it's available" 'or 'Out of stock' they aren't, I assure you, they're available. Go ahead and place your order, or choose another bookstore in the links provided.
My books also have pages on Facebook ~ if you like them, don't forget to "Like" them! They're also on Goodreads.com too, put them on your to-read list!
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