Lucifer by Moonlight: A Modern Fable

According toancient scripture, Lucifer was cast out of Heaven as a result of his disobedience,gaining freedom for humankind in the process. In Spain, local legends suggestthat the fallen archangel appeared in an earthly body thousands of years ago.As the Child of Light, a woman from the East rocked him on a mysterious stonecradle.Seeking touncover secrets held for centuries, Patrice Chaplin’s research into her book TheStone Cradle evolvednaturally into Lucifer by Moonlight. From thematerial she discovered, the rebellious archangel surfaced in the modern day―treadinghis way down dark streets, forever trying to make sense of his destiny. InLondon, he is seen as a man of exquisite taste and blinding charisma,habitually breaking hearts. Alternatively, as Lucie Fur, he is a high-class hooker, walking the streets of Kentish Townwhile trying to avoid his old enemy, the Elysium Fox from Thebes.Chaplin―a celebratednovelist and memoirist―takes us to the timeless Stone Cradle, where the old red-headed trickster,absorbing beams from the moon to feed his brilliance, lies waiting for hisobligatory earthly reappearance. But could things turn out differently thistime? Might his veneration of children and unexpected care for others changehis fate? As Lucifer returns to the Stone Cradle with his dying friend, themorning light reveals the glories of Venus, the place for which he yearns. Willthere be atonement―even redemption―for the tired archangel’s past misdeeds?Illustratedwith color pictures by Melissa Scott-Miller, this imaginative new work is athought-provoking fable for our time.

About the Author

Patrice Chaplin is an internationally renowned playwright and author who has published more than two dozen books. Her most notable works include Albany Park, Siesta (which was made into a film starring Jodi Foster and Isabella Rossellini), Into the Darkness Laughing, Hidden Star, Night Fishingand Death Trap. Her stage play From the Balcony was commissioned by London’s National Theatre in conjunction with Radio 3. As a bohemian in Paris during the 1950s and ’60s, Patrice spent time with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Married to Charlie Chaplin’s son Michael and living and working in Hollywood, she was associated with Lauren Bacall, Miles Davis, Salvador Dali, Marlon Brando and Jean Cocteau, who gave her a starring role in one of his films.

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