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The Last Stand of Father Felix

The Last Stand of Father Felix

Leonard Wibberley
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Father Felix—mad or sane? Physical man or pure spirit? No one was ever altogether sure. Yet for a space he commanded the attention of the world. The narrative of his courage and dignity stands as both a thrilling action story and a parable, an eloquent championship of the individual as opposed to the forces of depersonalization…

In a remote corner of East Africa, in a Portuguese possession called Blemi, Father Felix, now eighty, has operated quietly for fifty years the Sacred Heart Mission. In the late 1950’s, when the principal action takes place, both the Mission and a nearby Catholic hospital are caught in the path of opposing armies. Civil War has broken out—the Republicans, under the leadership of the highly sophisticated Utori, on the one hand, and the Bantu Royalists, under the command of the chieftain Draki, on the other. Neutral forces have succeeded in evacuating the nuns from the hospital and would have evacuated Father Felix, but when they come for him, he refuses to budge. His motive? “The world has to make a stand,” he says. “I have to give them a chance.”

Even when he is told that the Bantu Royalists, set to destroy him, are within two days’ march, Father Felix continues to hold fast. “This is a place of peace,” he says. “It isn’t a military target at all, you see, that I’m giving the world a chance to defend, it is humanity itself.”

With such eloquence as this, Father Felix wins Prescott, the hard-bitten mercenary, his lieutenant, Bomba, and their men, and even the reporter Weathers, covering the story for The New York Times, to stand with him. As best they can, they prepare to defend the ramshackle mission against the inevitable onslaught.

Now follow attack and counterattack, heroism and sacrifice—and a surprising ending to a novel that sings a moving hymn to the dignity of the human spirit.
Language
English
Pages
159
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 01, 1974
ISBN 13
9780688002855

The Last Stand of Father Felix

Leonard Wibberley
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Father Felix—mad or sane? Physical man or pure spirit? No one was ever altogether sure. Yet for a space he commanded the attention of the world. The narrative of his courage and dignity stands as both a thrilling action story and a parable, an eloquent championship of the individual as opposed to the forces of depersonalization…

In a remote corner of East Africa, in a Portuguese possession called Blemi, Father Felix, now eighty, has operated quietly for fifty years the Sacred Heart Mission. In the late 1950’s, when the principal action takes place, both the Mission and a nearby Catholic hospital are caught in the path of opposing armies. Civil War has broken out—the Republicans, under the leadership of the highly sophisticated Utori, on the one hand, and the Bantu Royalists, under the command of the chieftain Draki, on the other. Neutral forces have succeeded in evacuating the nuns from the hospital and would have evacuated Father Felix, but when they come for him, he refuses to budge. His motive? “The world has to make a stand,” he says. “I have to give them a chance.”

Even when he is told that the Bantu Royalists, set to destroy him, are within two days’ march, Father Felix continues to hold fast. “This is a place of peace,” he says. “It isn’t a military target at all, you see, that I’m giving the world a chance to defend, it is humanity itself.”

With such eloquence as this, Father Felix wins Prescott, the hard-bitten mercenary, his lieutenant, Bomba, and their men, and even the reporter Weathers, covering the story for The New York Times, to stand with him. As best they can, they prepare to defend the ramshackle mission against the inevitable onslaught.

Now follow attack and counterattack, heroism and sacrifice—and a surprising ending to a novel that sings a moving hymn to the dignity of the human spirit.
Language
English
Pages
159
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 01, 1974
ISBN 13
9780688002855

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