![]() He only had one child, my father Anthony, from his first marriage to Nancy Robinson. ![]() Read moreĭennis Wheatley was my grandfather. Overall, I think this was a good Dennis Wheatley book to introduce me to the author, but I don't think that Dennis Wheatley will be an automatic add on author to my TBR pile. I found that it finished very well, but it did rather drag in other parts. I do think that I remember reading somewhere that this particular novel was made into a Hammer Films movie sometime in the 1970s along with another one or two of Dennis Wheatley's novels.Anyway, I think that I will give this book a B+! I did enjoy the premise of the novel and found that there were parts that moved along quite quickly. I had never actually heard of Dennis Wheatley as an author before and never realized that he was such a prolific writer. Hidden away beneath the stones of Bentford Priory, a hideous monster created by a satanic priest awaited a virgin sacrifice to bring it to life.I have to say that I requested this book because I enjoy occult novels. As that terrible power began to emerge, it called out to the mist and rain of the Essex marshes. Dark, demonic power rose inside her and threatened all around her. But every evening, as darkness fell, Christina changed amazingly. Christina seemed no different from any other young girl - polite, attractive and a little shy. ![]()
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