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Classic Black Magic from Dennis Wheatley: The Devil Rides Out, To the Devil a Daughter, Gateway to Hell Hardcover – June 1, 2012

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An omnibus of three stylish occult tales, by the author known as the Prince of the Thriller Writers The Devil Rides Out: In 1930s London, Duc de Richleau and Rex van Ryn rescue their friend Simon Aron from a devil-worshipping cult. Rex falls for a woman named Tanith and takes her away from the cult. The group's leader comes after them, and there is a desperate struggle to defeat the Angel of Death and escape the cult leader, Mocata. To the Devil a Daughter tells the story of a group of practicing Satanists who disguise themselves as "The Children of the Lord." Catherine—a nun—is one of this group. She is allowed to come home once a year on her birthday. On one of these trips home, an occult writer named John Verney realizes that the group are Satanists and are preparing Catherine to become an avatar of Astaroth on her 18th birthday. Gateway to Hell sees the return of characters from The Devil Rides Out. Rex van Ryn steals more than a million dollars from his family bank and vanishes in Buenos Aires. Rex's friends have suspicions about the ex-SS Gruppenführer with whom he is said to have been consorting; they find themselves pursuing Rex to the Bolivian Andes and confronting Satanist forces once again.

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720 pages
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English
Publisher

Prion
Publication date

June 1, 2012
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6 x 2.4 x 9.5 inches
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185375790X
ISBN-13

978-1853757907
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Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977) was an author of thrillers and occult novels and one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through the 1960s. There were several Hammer films made of his novels. Dominic Wheatley is Dennis Wheatley's grandson.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prion; 1St Edition (June 1, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 720 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 185375790X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1853757907
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 2.4 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #969,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #162 in British & Irish Horror
- #5,801 in Occult Fiction

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Noel

Good tales, in good condition!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2018

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Although i didn't read the book yet, it is Dennis Wheatley, you can't go wrong with Dennis. And having 3 famous tales of his for the price of one is awesome.
If i didn't knew it was used i probably wouldn't be able to tell. It is in great condition, little to no bending and has a good plastic cover protecting the original one, making it intact.
With the exception of the first page beeing ripped off (the one next to the cover, before the inside title) the inside in clean, and the page missing don't do any harm for me.
Quick arrival in a good package, also

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Kevin Lewis

Black Magic from Dennis Wheatley: The Deveil Rides Out, etc.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2014

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A classic collection of old-school occult thrillers, ranging from 1934 through the early 70's; stylishly dated hokum at it's best. Back in the days when everyone was either a gentleman of leisure or an endangered heiress and highly organized Satanic lodges lurked around every corner-colorfully infilled with a mixture of honest-to-God occult lore picked up personally from Aleister Crowley (as well as a fair amount of utterly bogus planetary numerology and operational details) this whole trip is like Agatha Christie on acid. Highly recommended!

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Bill Major

Classic Black Magic from Dennis Wheatley

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2013

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I read and still have the paperback copies of "The Devil Rides Out" and "Gateway to Hell" which I purchased back in the mid 1970s. That got me interested in Dennis Wheatleys occult stories, especially the characters in several of his books, The Duc de Richleau, Rex Van Ryn, and Simom Aron. To the Devil a Daughter is very intense and also decribes life in Europe after World War 2 where socialism is becoming dominant. One of my favorite authors... To have all three in one beautiful book is great.

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Gillian Roginsky

I am a great fan of Dennis Wheatley and have been since I ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 4, 2016

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I am a great fan of Dennis Wheatley and have been since I managed to take my brothers copies when I was very young.I thought every time I went to sleep I would be dallying forth on the astral plane doing my bit for England.(aged5)my mother would have been appalled had she known.

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Marty Busse

Overrated crap

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2015

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I was very disappointed by this. I'd heard good things about Wheatley, but this was bigoted trash, especially the last novel in the bunch. Wheatley was a snobbish toff, and it shows in his writing.

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AliGhaemi

Satan, God, Pentagrams, Pentacles, Damsels, Jesus, Africans, Andeans And More

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2013

This volume is a compilation of three of Dennis Wheatley's books, namely The Devil Rides Out, To The Devil A Daughter and Gateway To Hell. Each book contains more Christian mythology per square centimetre than a monk's canon, which makes sense as for sheer fantastic occult entertainment the Holy Book remains singularly unmatched. Just witness the original yarn itself: survived for over 2,000 years and nominally as popular as ever.
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Possibly like others I came to be interested in the book through my copy of the film version of The Devil Rides Out The Devil Rides Out [VHS ], which was superbly shot and released in 1968 as part of the Hammer Horror productions. We watched that deliciously devilish dark denizen of filmdom as friends some twenty years ago before a copy made its way into my collection. It was subsequently when searching for the source book that it transpired that the popularity of the mid-twentieth century author Dennis Wheatley has waned and the book transposed to the out-of-print realm. In 2011 the 1934 book was reprinted, as one tome, alongside 1953's To The Devil A Daughter and 1970's Gateway To Hell. This nicely bound and hardcover edition features a foreword by the author's grandson, Dominic Wheatley. It is 700 pages long. Incidentally, or one should say coincidentally, another of Wheatleys books was recently filmed. The Haunted Airman stars Robert Pattinson. So what about the three-in-one book?
Having watched the film twenty years ago it became one of my favourite films as it had it all, thrills, superstition, Christianity and the devil, demons, sacrifice and a young damsel in distress, or rather, a damsel being sacrificed and one finds the same in the book that `inspired it.'
There is some deviation between the first part of the book and the film, but despite that the horror movie is both true to the book and as much fun and fast-paced. The book, however, is much more Christian and consequently more superstitious. Indeed, a deviation is the heavy Christian preaching, with the book of course being longer, more elaborate and involved, but when the settings coincide the two versions are remarkably similar.
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Despite the hero being a female called Molly To The Devil A Daughter is somewhat autobiographical. Wheatley uses some of his own experiences and participation in World War II to write the book. Our heroine has war experience, had a husband in WW2 and even uses her experiences to become an author. Since the reader is just being introduced to the character of Molly Fountain there are lots and lots of description of her, her disposition and her past.
There are many silly coincidences and ploys. A call gets traced back when they could have called from elsewhere, a friend is a spy and readily shows up in France, the police can discover anything and then powers fail at the right time of course, but worst of all one can see the resolution coming for some time. While the book has a little too much talk instead of action, the plot and the dramatic turn of events make for fun reading. Not so much fun for some might be the proselytizing as on page 304 where Godless is equated to being rudderless.
To The Devil A Daughter begins as an action book, descends to the lair of Satan. It lifts off to the astral planes of science fiction before turning in a little anti-commie performance.
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Gateway To Hell reintroduces the characters of the Duc, Richard and Simon from The Devil Rides out. All three are older yet still fast friends. This time Simon is wiser and on the other side of the table of events. South America is a focus. Both President Peron and his wife Eva are in for some special scorn. This book is especially full of superstition, coincidence and drinking, although one senses that amidst the sinister tumult the arguments for God, Jesus and white magic are tempered by some realism and counterbalance - even from the Duc whose astral powers are clearly further developed. What happens with the bride's eyes is most dissatisfying example of lazy storytelling.
The book has its share of flimsy reasons to resolve matters and transpires weakly somewhat in this regard, but still packs a hell of a good read past the dogmatic doctrines of Christ and his apostles. Read page 612 for an instance.

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This is an uncensored compilation of stories.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 6, 2021

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If you want to read the actual stories then this book is a necessity. More modern copies have been butchered so as not to offend or frighten millennials. This is probably the most egregious thing a publisher can do and is unforgivable. This book however is both original and a very entertaining read.

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J. Francis

A Book For My Husband

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 28, 2013

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He read these books many years ago. I was so pleased to find all three books together, his favourites. He has only just started reading the first book, but is already hooked. He said he could not remember all the details, he is finding it interesting and a good read.
The best part so far, was all the details about Dennis Wheatly's life, which he didn't know. Well worth getting this book

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Mrs S.

Good wins over evil

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 8, 2018

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Interesting read. I enjoyed the film, as it focused on the battle between good and evil- with good winning of course!

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 13, 2018

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