A Dark Enchantment

Roland Vernon

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Perfect middle-England storytelling from the winner of the inaugural Daily Mail First Novel Award.

Greece, 1869Godwin Tudor, a young English photographer recently arrived in Athens, is intrigued by the mysterious and maverick British landowner Edgar Brooke, whose vast estate dominates the island of Pyroxenia.

Whilst visiting Brooke's remote home, Godwin is enchanted by the breathtaking landscape and his host's capricious young daughter Lydia. But all is not as it seems as inadvertently Godwin finds himself drawn into the centre of a dangerous political conspiracy. As events spiral out of control, Godwin does his best to play the diplomat in a terrifying international incident but the consequences prove more devastating than he can imagine.

A maelstrom of romance, political intrigue and life-or-death drama, A Dark Enchantment marks the debut of an exciting new storyteller.

Published: 1 September 2010
ISBN: 9781407035833
Imprint: Transworld Digital
Format: EBook
Pages: 496

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About the author

Roland Vernon

Roland Vernon was born in 1961 and educated at Eton, King's College Cambridge, and the Royal College of Music.

Roland Vernon lives and writes in Somerset, where he also runs his own marquee company. After graduating from university he trained as an operatic tenor, and for a short time pursued that career, before opting for a more settled country life. He is married with three sons. Previous books include Star in the East, a biography of the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti and the novels A Dark Enchantment and The Maestro's Voice.

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Praise for A Dark Enchantment

A vivid debut from a writer to watch.
WATERSTONES.COM

This hugely enjoyable novel fairly rattles along at an ever-increasing page-turning rate... Debutant Vernon writes with all the assurance of an old pro, strong on character and good at finding the telling detail, and is definitely a name to watch.
DAILY MAIL