The novel was written by Franz Werfel and was published in 1942

 Franz Werfel, the Jewish author, was a highly respected literary figure in Vienna and an outspoken critic of Hitler when Nazis occupied Austria in 1938. He escaped to France and found solace and help in the town of Lourdes, where he learnt about Bernadette and the 1858 apparitions.

This novel was extremely popular, spending more than a year on the NEW YORK TIMES best Seller list and 13 week atop the list.

Franz Werfel's most famous works are The forty Days of Musa Dagh

foreword by George Weigel

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