Dark Enchantment
Published on 16. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-9164342-3-3 (ISBN)
Description
A classic story of superstition and sorcery set in 1950s France.
"The village which had so charmed her had grown sinister..."
Exhausted after years of unhappiness, 20-year-old Juliet Cunningham 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?
First published in 1953, Dark Enchantment evokes a magical pre-war France, and was written after Macardle's other successful and influential novels The Uninvited and The Unforeseen.
This edition of Dark Enchantment features an introduction by Caroline B Heafey.
For fans of Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier and Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner. Also by Dorothy Macardle, The Uninvited and The Unforeseen.
"The village which had so charmed her had grown sinister..."
Exhausted after years of unhappiness, 20-year-old Juliet Cunningham 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?
First published in 1953, Dark Enchantment evokes a magical pre-war France, and was written after Macardle's other successful and influential novels The Uninvited and The Unforeseen.
This edition of Dark Enchantment features an introduction by Caroline B Heafey.
For fans of Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier and Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner. Also by Dorothy Macardle, The Uninvited and The Unforeseen.
Reviews / Votes
NEW YORK TIMES 'A vanished enchantment... perfect escape literature.'KIRKUS 'Casts its own spell.'
BENEDICT KIELY 'Remarkable.'
IRISH TIMES 'A novel in the French fairytale tradition... A wonderful story, wonderfully written.'
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ireland
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9164342-3-3 (9781916434233)
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DOROTHY MACARDLE (1889-1958), an Irish writer, novelist, playwright, and historian, was born in Dundalk into a wealthy brewing family. A member of the Gaelic League and Cumann na mBan, Macardle spent time imprisoned because of her activities during the Irish Civil War. She later wrote about those experiences in Earthbound: Nine Stories of Ireland (1924). One of her most famous books was The Irish Republic (1937), a narrative account of the Irish War of Independence and its aftermath. She died in Drogheda in 1958, critical of what she saw as the reduced status of women in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.