Dead the Long Year

Bohemian London, 1912: Trapped in the decadent embrace of the Cave of the Golden Calf, a lost woman reaches across the centuries in pursuit of magick, art - and escape. DRAMATIS PERSONAE 1912: Joan Hayes / Jeanne Eugenie Heyse / Ione de Forest ... An actress, artist and dancer. Victor B. Neuburg ... A poet and occultist. Nina Hamnett ... An artist. Wilfred Merton ... An engraver, publisher and book collector. Eugene 'Bunko' Wieland ... A publisher. William Edward 'Teddy' Hayter Preston ... A writer. Mona Limerick ... An actress. Arthur Machen ... A writer and actor. Frida Uhl ... A nightclub founder. Aleister Crowley ... A practitioner of magick. Anne Bradley ... A tragic young woman. 2023: Justin Hopper ... A psychogeographer, of sorts. In memory of Jeanne Heyse, a remarkable young woman. With special thanks to Caroline Neuburg.