THE KING OF THE CASTLE

by Victoria Holt ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 1967

And a proper castle it is too, actually a chateau in France with a moat and an oubliette and a cemetery and a fine collection of paintings which English Dallas Lawson comes to restore. She's that vestigial vestal virgin whom no man has ever looked at and every woman will feel sorry for. Well, the chateau is a busy place, no ghosts, but skeletons; the Comte who is believed to have killed his wife, or so his sullen youngster says; and a cousin Philippe who is next in line in what seems to be an accursed lineage; and the missing de la Talle emeralds; and a faithful family nurse, Nounou, who is really blackguarding the Comte while safeguarding his dead wife's Secret....All of this luxuriates, uxoriously, under the sobriquet of the gothic novel and King of the Castle is by the uncontested Queen of the May--a mellow-drama for impressionable girls of all ages.

Pub Date: June 16, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION