A Dark and Splendid Passion
1941
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3.91
Average Rating
224
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The artist's name was long since forgotten, but the brooding, enigmatic face in the portrait would forever haunt those who chanced to look upon him. Young Mary Rohan was not exception to the influence of THE MAN IN GREY. Bride of the last descendant of the House of Rohan, Mary was alone in the ghost-ridden manor when she came upon the portrait in a hidden room. Driven by forces she could not explain, she soon found herself in an atmosphere of soul-searing terror and evil, as she strove to unlock a fatal secret—the ancient mystery of two star-crossed lovers.
Avg Rating
3.91
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Author
Lady Eleanor Smith
Author · 3 books
Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902 – 1945)was an English writer. The eldest of the politician F. E. Smith's three children, she worked as a society reporter and cinema reviewer for a while, then as a publicist for circus companies. In the latter role she travelled more widely, and gained inspiration for her third career, writing popular novels and short stories which often provided the basis for the 'Gainsborough melodramas' of the period. These stories often had a romanticised historical or Gypsy setting, based on her own research into Romany culture (she believed her paternal great-grandmother to have been a gypsy).
