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The Devil is a Gentleman: The Life and Times of Dennis Wheatley Ist Edition
Author(s): Phil Baker (Author)
- Publisher: Dedalus Ltd
- Publication Date: 31 Oct. 2009
- Edition: Ist
- Language: English
- Print length: 699 pages
- ISBN-10: 1903517753
- ISBN-13: 9781903517758
Book Description
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, Phil Baker examines Wheatley’s key friendship with a fraudster named Eric Gordon Tombe, and uncovers the full story of his sensational 1922 murder. Baker also explores Wheatley’s relationships with occult figures such as Rollo Ahmed, Aleister Crowley, and the Reverend Montague Summers, the shady priest and demonologist who inspired the memorably evil character of Canon Copely-Syle, in To The Devil – A Daughter.
Like Sax Rohmer and John Buchan, Wheatley has now moved from being dated to positively vintage, and this groundbreaking biography offers a major reassessment of his significance and status.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“a terrific read” — Luke Jennings, The Observer, November 8, 2009
“brilliantly illuminating” – Michael Gove, — The Times, November 16, 2009
“a treat” – Independent Fifty Best Winter Reads –Independent, November 14, 2009
“excellent… Although the whole of his career is explored… the fullest analysis is saved – quite rightly – for the novels that deal with Satanism…” – Professor Ronald Hutton
–Times Literary Supplement, December 11, 2009
“… masterful account of a writer’s internal and external selves… difficult to imagine a more sensitive and knowledgeable investigation. Black magic stories? That was the least of it…”
–Fortean Times 263, June 2010
