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Dennis Wheatley

    January 8, 1897 – November 10, 1977

    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.

    Dennis Wheatley
    To the Devil, a Daughter
    THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG
    The Devil Rides Out
    Desperate Measures
    Unnatural Selection
    Principles of Dowsing
    • 2012
    • 2007

      Unnatural Selection

      • 308 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The story revolves around a mysterious phenomenon causing sudden deaths across the globe, affecting individuals of all ages and backgrounds without warning. Known as 'The Blight,' this alarming crisis escalates rapidly, leaving communities in turmoil. As the narrative unfolds, the quest to understand and combat this enigmatic threat becomes central, raising questions about mortality and the fragility of life.

      Unnatural Selection
    • 2007

      THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.7(494)Add rating

      In the moonlight, something otherworldly attempts to enter Toby Jugg's bedroom window. A wounded Battle of Britain pilot, Toby initially thinks he's hallucinating or losing his mind, but soon realizes that this malevolent force is real and trying to reach him.

      THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUGG
    • 2000

      Principles of Dowsing

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      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.

      Principles of Dowsing
    • 2000

      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.

      White Witch of the South Seas
    • 1977

      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 Devil Rides Out
    • 1974

      circa 1960 First Gregory Sallust book published, number 10 in chronological order. England, involved through the ruin of other countries, is faced with financial collapse and revolution, bringing panic, street-fighting and an uncontrolled exodus from the cities to the countryside, where bands of starving people wander, pillaging for food. Out of the terror and the bloodshed steps Gregory Sallust, to take the leadership of a group of men and women seeking only to survive: to lead them through bitter hardship and terrible hazard to a rural settlement which they fortify against invasion, and which, at first, seems reasonably secure. .

      Black August
    • 1974

      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.

      Desperate Measures