To the Devil, a Daughter

by Dennis Wheatley

Overview

'One of the most popular storytellers of the century.' - The Telegraph

A businessman makes a deal with a satanic clergymen, and has his daughter baptised into Satan's church. Twenty-one years later, provided she is still a virgin, she is destined to be the centrepiece of a hideous satanic ritual.

Molly Fountain, a tough-minded Englishwoman who worked for the British Intelligence during the war, has retreated to her French cottage to write. Next door she finds a new, mysterious neighbour, an intriguing young girl named Christina.

Why did the solitary girl leave her rented house only for short walks at night? Why was she so frightened? Why did animals shrink away from her? Molly and her son are determined to save Christina from the clutches of what promises to be a fate worse than death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448212620
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	08/26/2014
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Strange Conduct of a Girl Unknown
2. Colonel Crackenthorp's Technique
3. The Mysterious Recluse
4. Enter the Wicked Marquis
5. Battle of Flowers and Battle of Wits
6. The Christina of the Dark Hours
7. Night Must Fall
8. Kidnapped?
9. Illegal Entry
10. 'Once Aboard the Lugger...? '
11. The Marquis Calls the Tune
12. The Fight in the Château
13. Prison for One
14. The Black Art
15. Chamber of Horrors
16. Dead Men Tell No Tales
17. The Mystery of The Grange
18. Within the Pentacle
19. The Saga of a Satanist
20. The Secret Base
21. The Pact with Satan
22. The Devil's Altar
23. The Cave of the Bats

Editorial Reviews

One of the most popular storytellers of the century.” —The Telegraph

“He forcibly abducts the imagination.” —The Evening Standard

“The word thriller has never been more aptly bestowed.” —The News Chronicle

“The greatest adventure writer of his time.” —Daily Mail

“Never lets you down.” —Evening Standard

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