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The book of the dead

Tanith Lee
A handsome youth shocks his family by marrying a white weasel. On their bridal bed a beautiful maiden emerges from the weasels discarded pelt, but it is not just her previous form that holds the bride captive. For her to be released she must be loved, but her beloved must die at her hands as he bestows the kiss that releases her. Two childhood lovers wed. Their union seems to be blessed. Little does Roland know that Marie-Mais pure body is host to the pointed fangs of Evil. Finding this on their wedding night, he kills her and chooses to take the truth to the gallows with him-not for him the responsibility of unmasking the naked face of the Devil.Children and weak things wither after coming in contact with Julie d'Is. What ancient curse was bestowed upon this infant poisoner in the womb of her foolish mother? Only her death will reveal the truth, for no one can approach her in life
Print Book, English, 1991
Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y., 1991
novels
215 pages ; 22 cm.
9780879514402, 9780879517984, 087951440X, 0879517980
24627850
The weasel bride
The nightmare's tale
Beautiful lady
Morcara's room
The marble web
Lost in the world
The glass dagger
The Moon is a mask