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The Secrets of Dr. John Richard Taverner
By Dion FortuneLength7h 57m
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Death hounds, shape shifters, and vampires are among the patients treated by the Holmes-like Dr. Taverner and his assistant Dr. Rhodes in this work of supernatural fiction by acclaimed spiritualist and occult writer Dion Fortune.
First published in 1926, the adventures of Dr.Taverner and Dr. Rhodes take readers across the marshy moonlit fields of nightfall, hunting spirits and keeping watch over souls. Suffering from vampirism? Being stalked by a death hound? Haunted by past life debts? Family under a suicidal curse? From across the countryside patients and their desperate families come to seek treatment for unconventional diseases from an unconventional doctor. His secret? Treating the diseases of the occult.
Though Fortune wrote The Secrets of Doctor Taverner as her first novel, she maintained that all the events were based on true occurrences. Many believe Taverner to be Fortune's own spiritual teacher, Dr. Moriarty, and Rhodes to be based on Fortune herself.An essential and fun read for anyone interested in the Western Mystery Tradition, Dion Fortune, the melding of medicine and magic, or just good old-fashioned paranormal fiction.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 25, 2026
LanguageItalian
Table of contents
1Introduction
8VII. A Daughter of Pan
2I. Blood Lust
9VIII. The Subletting of the Mansion
3II. The Return of the Ritual
10IX. Recalled
4III. The Man Who Sought
11X. The Sea Lure
5IV. The Soul That Would Not Be Born
12XI. The Power House
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6V. The Scented Poppies
13XII. A Son of the Night
7VI. The Death Hound