This is the story of the self-professed Son of God, who became the leader of sect known as the "Branch Davidians". Rarely has religious fervour ended so tragically with so much paranoia and annihilation. Martin King is one of the few outsiders who spent time with David Koresh in the Waco compound. In this first-hand account, King tells how Vernon Howell - a ninth-grade drop-out - became David Koresh, leader of a world-wide religious cult which supplied him with new members, money and 20 "wives" aged 12 to 70. The book also reveals the rise of David Koresh through the eyes of ex-cult member, Marc Breault. He watched the possessed preacher transform from a passionate leader into a dangerous psychopath with a passion for under-age girls and high-powered weapons.
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Höhe: 180 mm
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978-0-451-18000-1 (9780451180001)
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Preacher of death; meeting the Messiah; Mount Carmel; the seven seals of slaughter; Marc Breault: right-hand man; childhood of a prophet; the recruitment of Marc Breault; Australia and the new recruits; prophet of polygamy; the Hawaii connection; Howell's harem; war; Vernon the Rock 'n; Roll star; the second wave; the swearing in; rules, rules and more rules; on the edge; Marc and Elizabeth; guns and rosaries; the end is nigh; desertion; cultbusting; the brick wall of frustration; the rescue of Kiri Jewell and the aborted Armageddon; David Koresh and Waco, Texas; the connection; the build-up to the Big Bang; Armageddon begins; the gents return to Waco; the FBI; the Holocaust; the end. Appendices: a history of the branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists; the rise and fall of the branch Davidians - a chronology.
