Simplicien Lucas [SEP] date of death
Simplicien Lucas
Simplicien Lucas, O.A.D., (Father Simplician, or "'), (1683–1759) was a noted French genealogist and a friar of the Order of Discalced Augustinians at the priory of the Order, commonly called the "Couvent des Petits Pères", attached to the popular Basilica of Our Lady of Victories in Paris.
He was born Paul Lucas in 1683. The details of his birth and early life have not survived.
He is noted for his work together with another friar of his monastery,
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback