The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley

Overview

When his good friend Simon Aron's naive curiosity is tested, the Duke, along with his ever-patient friends Rex Van Ryn and Richard Eaton, must intricately plot a means of both physical and spiritual rescue. But with Van Ryn's affection for a beautiful woman caught in the web of Satanists, and Eaton's ongoing skepticism, they all risk being brought to the verge of madness by dabbling with the powers of evil.

From London to the West Country, the slums of Paris toa Christian monastery, the action of this powerful occult thriller moves with fantastic, compelling force.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448213009
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	08/26/2014
Series:	Duke de Richleau
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	1,047,358
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dennis Yates Wheatley (1897–1977) was an English author whose prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling writers from the 1930s through the 1960s. His Gregory Sallust series was one of the main inspirations for Ian Fleming's James Bond stories.

Born in South London, he was the eldest of three children of an upper-middle-class family, the owners of Wheatley & Son of Mayfair, a wine business. He admitted to little aptitude for schooling, and was expelled from Dulwich College. Soon after his expulsion Wheatley became a British Merchant Navy officer cadet on the training ship HMS Worcester. During the Second World War, Wheatley was a member of the London Controlling Section, which secretly coordinated strategic military deception and cover plans. His literary talents gained him employment with planning staffs for the War Office. He wrote numerous papers for the War Office, including suggestions for dealing with a German invasion of Britain. During his life, he wrote more than 70 books which sold over 50 million copies.

Editorial Reviews

The word thriller has never been more aptly bestowed” —Lionel Hale, The News Chronicle

“He forcibly abducts the imagination” —Howard Spring, Evening Standard

“There is a thrill for you in every chapter of this book” —Richard King, Tatler

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