Horror Bowen, Marjorie: Black Magic (1909). v1. 10 Feb 2023

[GrannyGrump]

Many of Bowen’s novels are concerned with the supernatural, ghostly, moody, and Gothically dramatic. This one explores the influence of Satanism on the Papacy in the Middle Ages.

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“… an atmospheric and engaging story set in Europe during the middle-ages, in a time when noble families battled it out for the title of Emperor and the Pope wielded enormous political power. The tale opens with the scene of a lowly woodworker putting gilt onto a carving of the devil in a small town in Northern France. This woodcutter is a student of black magic and we follow his journey to riches and power as he follows the devil’s teachings. The plot contains love, murder, and political intrigue, but most importantly the supernatural battle between good and evil.”
(—nationaltrustcollections.org.uk)

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This transcript is of the first edition, published in 1909. (The 1922 edition has essentially the same narration, but pruned and compacted.)

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Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes, with the bulk of her work under the pseudonym “Marjorie Bowen”, the name she is mostly known by. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye and Margaret Campbell.

Bowen’s books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror, and received praise from many critics. Several of her novels were adapted for film.

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Black Magic was first published in 1909.
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