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First published in 1933, "Shadows Of Ecstasy" is a fantasy novel by British writer Charles W. S. Williams. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886 - 1945) was a British theologian, novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic. He was also a member of the "The Inklings", a literary... Read Full Overview

An occultist invades Europe at the head of an African army. His goal-the conquest of death itself.

No one knows quite what to make of Nigel Considine. He calls himself "the High Executive" and he has inspired the entire continent of Africa... Read Full Overview

When a professor of poetry and his friends rescue a black man from a lynch mob, they learn he is an African king with a dangerous secret. He knows the identity of a deathless magician, who has attained power by preaching an occult gospel of earthly immortality and is now devising... Read Full Overview

THE SHADOW OF ECSTASY Charles Williams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths. Shadows of Ecstasy tells of a mysterious invasion that threatens Europe from Africa. United in... Read Full Overview

He sat down amid applause, directed not to him but to the subject of his speech. It was at a dinner given by the Geographical Faculty of the University of London to a distinguished explorer just back from South America. The explorer's health had been proposed by the Dean of the... Read Full Overview

He sat down amid applause, directed not to him but to the subject of his speech. It was at a dinner given by the Geographical Faculty of the University of London to a distinguished explorer just back from South America. The explorer's health had been proposed by the Dean of the... Read Full Overview