Dennis Wheatley was an English author renowned for his stylish thrillers and occult novels, which established him as one of the world's best-selling writers in the 1950s and 1960s. His plots often wove fictional characters into real historical events and figures, spanning from the French Revolution to World War II, and delving into espionage, Satanism, and magic. Wheatley experimented with narrative forms, notably creating detective cases presented as dossiers of evidence for readers to solve. He was considered an authority on the supernatural, though he held a hostile view towards it.
This introduction begins with an explanation of what dowsing is and how anyone can do it, goes on to look at the history of dowsing and famous dowsers, then gives detailed instructions on which dowsing tools to use, how best to use them, and different ways of dowsing. There is a list of sites with particular spiritual energy which are good for dowsing covering both British Isles and US.
1814 - 18151814. The Irish Witch is dead, and Europe at peace. Roger Brook, now Lord Kildonan, is content to divide his time between his young wife, Mary, and his life-long mistress and spirit-companion, Georgina.But as the fashionable world glitters at the Congress of Vienna, the power-hungry Napoleon is about to plunge the continent into war once more. And Mary, possessed by demonic jealousy, is hatching a plot which threatens Roger's fortune – and Georgina's life.Reluctantly, Roger Brook must assume his old identity – as Europe's most daring secret agent.
1936. As Mussolini's troops invade Abyssinia the international situation deteriorates - and the armaments kings look forward greedily to even fatter profits. No one, it seems, can halt the carnage. Except perhaps the Millers of God, a group of wealthy individuals dedicated to the systematic execution of all those who feed off human suffering. Sir Anthony Lovelace doesn't approve of the organisation's methods. But when Christopher Penn and his beautiful fiancee call on his friendship, he too finds himself involved in a desperate gamble for the cause of peace.
This hardback (with dustjacket) 864 page compendium of four of Dennis Wheatley's novels was published in 1977 jointly by William Heinemann and Secker & Warbury. Contents: Dennis Wheatley's Black Magic classics are world famous. So brilliant is the writing, so thorough has been the research, that the impact of these novels is overwhelming. In 'The Devil Rides Out', the Duke de Richleau rescues Simon Aron and a beatiful woman from the heart of a blasphemous, orgeastic sabbat in the West Country. From then on they are pursued by the terrifying powers of evil exercised by the Satanists for vengeance, lust and gain. 'The Haunting of Toby Jugg' is the story of a young, crippled airman's hallucinations as devil worshippers try to overpower him, the ever-mounting tension and terrifying climax make this a superlative novel. Gateway to Hell finds the Duke on the hunt for Rex Van Ryn through hair raising Satanist strongholds in Argentina. To the Devil - A Daughter introduces new characters and the sunny, flower-filled gardens of the Riviera where it seems impossible that evil practises of the worst kind could ever penetrate
The White Witch of the South Seas is a spellbinding story of adventure and intrigue told in the true Wheatley tradition, featuring Gregory Sallust who, when visiting Rio de Janeiro, again becomes drawn into perilous action. Circumstance leads to him becoming the friend of a young South Seas Rajah, Ratu James Omboluku, there to secure finance to recover treasure from a sunken ship lying off the island he rules; and he intends to use this treasure for the betterment of his people.But others, led by the unscrupulous Pierre Lacost, are also planning to recover the treasure, and it is not long before Gregory, having an affair with the passionate Manon de Bois-Tracy, finds himself surrounded by murder, magic, blackmail, kidnapping and some of the most ruthless thugs he has ever encountered.
2 Jul 1936 - 7 Dec 1936Spain writhed in the torment of Civil War. In a Madrid bank lay ten tons of gold: and both sides wanted it. Its owner was the lovely Countess Lucretia Coralles – who, known to the rebels as 'the golden Spaniard', led the double life of a secret agent.She had other secrets too – and one of them was the reason why the Duke de Richleau responded so quickly to her appeal for help, throwing himself into the desperate struggle in which his own closest companions of earlier adventures were now his most dangerous foes. . . .
Paralysé des jambes à la suite d'un combat aérien, Toby Jugg vit dans une vieille demeure du Pays de Galles, isolée et sans électricité. Une nuit, une sorte de monstre l'assaille et bientôt, de loin en loin, resurgit. Alors Toby Jugg s'interroge, scrute ses souvenirs, réfléchit tant et plus jusqu'à soupçonner son entourage d'étranges agissements...Dennis Wheatley est né à Londres en 1897. Il a dix-sept ans lorsque éclate la Première Guerre mondiale. Envoyé en France, il est gravement gaze en 1918, mais ces années lui ont donné le goût d’écrire. Il débute par des nouvelles, mais connaît son premier succès – immense – avec Territoire interdit, son premier roman, qui sera porté à l’écran l’année suivante. Son œvre, riche de près de 80 romans, est celle d’un grand romancier populaire (au sense élevé du terme) désireux d’explorer tous les terrains de la literature de l’ l’histoire, le mystère, l’espionnage et même la science-fiction. Dennis Wheatley, dont certains romans se sont vendus à plus d’un million et demi d’exemplaires et qui est célèbre dans les pays anglo-saxons, est mort en 1977.
Británii rozedírá vnitřní krize národní bezpečnosti. Na rozkaz vlády se Sir Gifford Hillary vrhá do tajného boje proti moci sovětského Ruska. Ale nebezpečí číhá mnohem blíže, než kdy tušil. Propletenec nenávisti a zrady pramení v samotné Longshot Hall. Pak, v noci na 9. září, dojde k události, jež otřese hranicemi lidské zkušenosti. Gifford Hillary se stává svědkem své vlastní smrti..... celý text
