The Wyvern Mystery (Pocket Classics) (Pocket Classics S.) - Softcover

Fanu, Sheridan Le

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750906871 ISBN 13: 9780750906876

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

"The Wyvern Mystery" combines all the elements of nail-biting horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller and rich period drama to create a compelling story. When young Alice Maybell is orphaned she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two dashing sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice blossoms into a beautiful young woman she attracts the attentions of not one but two of the men she lives with. The blissful happiness that ensues, however, is short-lived as she finds herself embroiled in the dark secrets of the Fairfield family's past and the evil ambitions of its present.In a world that is nightmarish and malevolent, nothing and no one is quite what they seem. What is the dark secret in Charles Fairfield's past? Who - or what - is the malignant presence that haunts Carwell Grange?

About this title

Synopsis:

As genteel Miss Alice Maybell enters the Vale of Carwell, she notices, in a passing carriage, a tall, mysterious female who stirs in her a chilling sense of foreboding. Alice is plunged into a tale of rural terror, centred on Carwell Grange, the place where Alice spent her orphaned childhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0750906871
• ISBN 13: 9780750906876
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300