description: A novel of ideas, action, mystery, of human aspiration and self-destruction, set in Avignon. The moments of happiness experienced by the diplomat Piers de Nogaret, his sister Sylvie, and Bruce, the earnest English doctor, are fleeting in the face of darker problems.
language: English
title: Monsieur, or The Prince of Darkness
titlecomplete: Monsieur, or The Prince of Darkness
characters: Toby Goddard, Rob Sutcliffe, Blanford, Bruce Drexel, Sylvie de Nogaret, Sabine Banquo, Akkad, Piers de Nogaret
genres: Fiction, France, European Literature, British Literature, Drama, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 390
places: Avignon, Egypt, France, Venice
series: The Avignon Quintet
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Faber And Faber