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Dark Enchantment - cover

Dark Enchantment

Dorothy Macardle

Publisher: Tramp Press

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Summary

Exhausted after years of unhappiness in the French Riviera, 20-year-old Juliet Firth is delighted to find herself living in a village in the French Alps. Recovering in the fresh air of the mountains, she becomes involved in local life. As Juliet makes new friends and meets fellow wanderers - such as the handsome young Michael - she hears of stories of witchery, of fortunes told, of spells, and murder... but are the rumours of the witch true, and can Juliet escape in time? Written in 1953, Dark Enchantment evokes a magical pre-war France, and was written after her successful and influential novels The Uninvited and The Unforeseen.
Available since: 12/05/2019.
Print length: 270 pages.

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