What is it? Published in 1978 (under the pseudonym Teresa Denys) and long out of print, The Silver Devil is a cult classic in the historical romance genre. Set in Renaissance Italy, it follows the kidnapping of an innocent Englishwoman, Felicia, by the cruel, decadent Duke of Cabria—a man known as "the Silver Devil" for his pale beauty and monstrous temper.
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