To the Devil—A Daughter (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Dennis Wheatley
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—occult
- Time of Work: 1948
- Setting: England and France
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, France or French people, 1940’s, England or English people, Devils or demons, Satan or Satanism, Demoniac possession
- Locales: France, England
The Plot
To the Devil—A Daughter is an action-packed occult thriller by the author who almost single-handedly invented and perfected the form. In the novel, Christina Mordant (actually Ellen Beddows) has been dedicated to Satan by her father, Henry Beddows, in return for wealth and worldly advancement. She is ultimately to be sacrificed by Canon Augustus Copley-Syle and his coven upon her approaching twenty-first birthday. Christina’s father, balking as the fatal day approaches, has hidden his daughter on the Riviera in a villa next to that of Molly Fountain, a war...
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