Raymond Jonas, Professor of History at the University of Washington, is the author of France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart: An Epic Tale for Modern Times (California, 2000), Industry and Politics in Rural France: Peasants of the Isere, 1870-1914 (1994), and Le Sacre-Coeur; histoire d'une devotion du XVIe au XXe siecle (2004).

"'This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of spirituality and religion in the modern world. It is especially fine in demonstrating the multiple ways in which gender, religion, and politics have been intertwined in France." - Judith Stone, author of Sons of the Revolution: Reform Legislation in France, 1890-1914"

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments The Great War in the European Imagination Miracle or "Miracle?" Carnal Vision and Saintly Ambition Spiritual Patronage and a Mission to Save France Silent Eruptions: Claire and Her Public In the Footsteps of Joan A Kind of Apotheosis: Claire Goes to Paris The Sacred Heart and the Union Sacree: Claire's Story Goes Public Consecration by Proxy The Unraveling The Unmaking of a Saint Prologue as Epilogue: The Story of Jonas Notes Bibliography Index