Temptation and Denial
Adam Nicke
Did the Devil walk 19th-century Wales? A gothic tale of immortal love that survives death itself.
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Did the Devil visit 19th century Wales? Or was it, as Lord Byron once suggested, 'the mind making substance and giving breath to forms that can outlive all flesh'? 'Temptation and Denial' is a tale of immortal love: a love that can survive physical death. Following on from the cult success of 'Grim Fairy Tales', British author Adam Nicke again explores the tortured world of Dark Romanticism. Born just a few miles from where Welsh writer Arthur Machen was born, Adam Nicke grew up in the same small Welsh town as JK Rowling. In common with those writers, Adam Nicke also explores the supernatural.
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