num_pages: 296
description: Shimmering with sensuous ecstasy, dark with terror and mystery, this is the extraordinary novel of a "happy trinity of lovers." The diplomat Piers, his sister Sylvie, and the English doctor Bruce are at the heart of Durrell's new creation, as is the medieval walled city of Avignon. And haunting them all is Monsieur, Prince of Darkness, whose ancient satanic rites still flourish in the modern world.
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