Anne Catherine Emmerich 
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) 

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be a spectator in the crowd at the Crucifixion of Christ, read this book.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ provided the inspiration for Mel Gibsons movie
The Passion of the Christ, and has been a strong influence on modern Christian spirituality. For over a century, it has attracted devout Christian readers who want to have a more concrete and explicit narrative of Jesus suffering and death on the Cross.

Circa l’autore

Anne Catherine Emmerich was born on September 8, 1774, in a hamlet outside of Coesfeld, Germany. Her parents were peasants, and her family was very poor. Her biographer and amanuensis, the Romantic poet Clemens Brentano, tells us that she was gifted with a deep religious sensibility and heavenly apparitions marked her childhood. In 1798, she had a vision in which Christ offered her a choice between a crown of flowers or a crown of thorns. She chose the crown of thorns, and the next day began to suffer the physical marks of the passion of Christ that marked her for the rest of her life.