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'A foolish monk stole the Devil′s favourite diadem, and the Devil wants it back.
'It is mid-twelfth century Europe and Evelyn Langtofte joins an aristocratic household to attend Adelie, the wife of the Earl of Pengraic, a powerful Lord of the Marches – the dark Welsh borderlands. Then a plague that has swept Europe overtakes England and as life descends into chaos and civil disorder, Evelyn is about to discover that the horrors she survived at Pengraic Castle were but a prelude to the terrifying maelstrom which now envelops her and all of her countryfolk.
'Hell has come to desecrate England, and the only thing that can possibly foil its plans are the wits of one lonely, isolated, terrified woman.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: Karen Brooks, you beautiful, amazing, courageous woman,
this is for you, with all my love and all of my thanks.
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Epigraph:
Speak not the word, for remember that the wind shall carry
your word to all the corners of the earth, as also to the ears
of God and of the Devil both.
- Traditional folk saying
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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[Review] The Devil's Diadem
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 27 June vol. 258 no. 26 2011; (p. 139)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel -
Walking in History's High Heels
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 212 2011; (p. 6-7) -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 June 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel -
Take Three : Fantasy
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 5 June 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel ; Heaven to Wudang 2011 single work novel ; The Tongues of Serpents 2010 single work novel -
[Review] The Devil's Diadem
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel
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[Review] The Devil's Diadem
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel -
Take Three : Fantasy
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 5 June 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel ; Heaven to Wudang 2011 single work novel ; The Tongues of Serpents 2010 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 June 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel -
[Review] The Devil's Diadem
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 27 June vol. 258 no. 26 2011; (p. 139)
— Review of The Devil's Diadem 2011 single work novel -
Walking in History's High Heels
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , October no. 212 2011; (p. 6-7)
Awards
- 2012 co-winner Norma K. Hemming Award Co-winner with A. A. Bell for Hindsight.
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