The Secret of Barnabas Collins [Mass Market Paperback]

Marilyn Ross (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Paperback Library; 1st edition (January 1, 1969)
• ASIN: B000OODQE4
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,876,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping Gothic horror, February 20, 2006

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When Barnabas and Victoria Winters visit the ruins of Stormcliff house on the Collinwood estate, Barnabas casts his memory back to the 1870s, and Lady Clare Duncan. This is the story of Lady Clare, who loved Barnabas fiercely, and refused to give that love up, even when she finds out that he is one of the living dead. When Barnabas flees London, first for France and then for Maine, Lady Clare follows him onward. She is determined to save him from his curse. But, can she break Angelique's magic, or will she herself become a victim of it?

Canadian author Dan Ross, under the pseudonym of Marilyn Ross, wrote this suspenseful, Gothic horror story, along with 32 other Dark Shadows novels. These novels were based on the American television show Dark Shadows (1966-71), but as they were written at the same time as the show was unfolding, there are some discrepancies between the books and the show. In spite of that, though, Ross's characters are wonderfully fleshed out, and story itself is absolutely gripping.

So, if you are a fan of Gothic horror, you will like this book very much. If you are a fan of Dark Shadows you will absolutely *love* this book. (I did.) I highly recommend this book!