Three Ghost-Written Novels
Edward Heron-Allen
With an introduction by Daniel Corrick
The three novels contained herein, the authorship of which, in one way or another, was attributed to the fin-de-siècle stage-star Selina Dolaro (1849-1889), were in fact written by the English polymath Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943), in the late 1880s, when he was sojourning in the United States.
In “The Princess Daphne” the experiments of an American mesmerist and his dying lover cause havoc for a collective of struggling artists half a world away, in Notting Hill. In “Bella-Demonia”, a fast-paced tale of espionage during the Great Game, a disgraced British operative must contend with card sharps, femme fatales and the Russian secret police in order to regain his lost honour. And in the final entry, “The Vengeance of Maurice Denalguez”, cruelty and deception abound as a society beauty and an enigmatic nobleman make an innocent couple’s marriage the battleground for their feuds.
Recommended for those who enjoy the work of Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, these three novels will delight fans of period fiction and weird tales alike.
About the Author
Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943) was an English polymath, writer, scientist and scholar. Writing under a number of pseudonyms, as well as his own name, his works cover numerous forms of literature and fields, including those of Persian poetry, violins, chiromancy, and foraminifera, though he is probably best remembered today for his forays into fantastic fiction under the pseudonym of Christopher Blayre. His publications include Chiromancy, or the science of palmistry (1883), Violin-Making, as it was and is (1884), the volume of poetry The Love-Letters of a Vagabond (1889), a translation from the Persian of The Lament of Bābā Tāhir (1902), Barnacles in Nature and in Myth (1928), The Strange Papers of Dr. Blayre (1932), and Asparagus as a Hobby for Amateurs (1934).
About Daniel Corrick
Daniel Corrick is an editor, philosopher and writer. From 2010 to 2014 he ran Hieroglyphic Press and edited the journal Sacrum Regnum. He has published essays on various nineteenth-century figures including Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Gabriele d’Annunzio and Arthur Machen, as well as contributing articles on philosophy of religion topics to the Ontological Investigations blog. He co-edited Drowning in Beauty: The Neo-Decadent Anthology (Snuggly Books, 2018).
Paperback, 554 pages
Release date: May 4, 2021
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-064-7
Price: US$32.00
Hardcover, 556 pages. Limited edition of 120 copies
Release date: May 4, 2021
Price: US$48.00