Paperback. Like New. It is over a hundred years ago ---in 1835---that Maria Monk, making her way from Canada to New York, startled the world with her 'awful disclosures' of life in a Convent and, since that time, controversy has raged over her story. It was, of course, only to be expected that its publication would immediately be followed by the denials of the people concerned in it. Virulent attacks were made upon the book and every effort was made to destroy public confidence in the character of its author. Maria Monk, however, refused to be shaken in her testimony, and steadfastly avowed th...
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