ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON

by Victoria Holt ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1972

A hoch Deutsch fairy tale (Counts, Dukes and even a Prince (e)merge here in one glamorous presence) about Helena Trant, studying at a Damenstift in mid-19th century Germany who takes a walk in a forest on the night when the God of Mischief walks and first meets Siegfried, Baron. Sometime later she has a similar experience with Count Lokenburg, Maximilian, who marries her for a night, disappears, and leaves her not only pregnant but termed non compos in her impressionable mentis. The child she delivers is presumably dead and she returns to England to her duller life, refuses the hand of the local vicar, until she goes back to Germany to find that Count-Duke-Prince Maximilian is very much alive. Good, fair (which this is) or indifferent Victoria Holt amounts to the same thing -- you can rely on it for that long enchanted evening.

Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1972

ISBN: 0345470389

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1972

Categories: FICTION