MOURA

by Virginia Coffman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 14, 1959

An elaborate extravaganza, of the dark chateau of Moura where ghosts walk and wolves howl, and of its sinister squire Edmond, brings Anne Wicklow, a simple Irish girl, there in answer to an appeal from Edmond's niece, the schoolgirl she had known at Miss Nutting's Academy for Select Young Females. But it is too late, for Palla, the young girl, is ""laid out in death""- and Anne tries to accept the answer given her by Edmond whom she finds both chilling and fascinating. As the days pass, the phantom figure of the Combing Lady (Palla's mother- who had been murdered) walks the parapets, and the cellar vaults hold further terrors; another young woman, Palla's governess, proves to have disappeared- or died; and there is a third victim- until all evidence leads to Edmond's guilt- reluctant as Anne is to accept it.... While the time is earlier (1815) and the scene is in France, this is a gothic entertainment on the road to Manderley- overdone but possible for a susceptible, feminine audience.

Pub Date: Oct. 14, 1959

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Crown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1959

Categories: FICTION