Order of Duke De Richleau Books
Duke de Richleau is the protagonist in a series of historical thriller/occult novels by English author Dennis Wheatley. The Duke was born in Russia to an exiled French nobleman and a Russian princess. He joined the French army to his father’s dismay, but his career in the military ended due to his involvement in a coup. He fled France and found asylum in Britain.
Dennis Wheatley began his Duke de Richleau series in 1933 with the novel The Forbidden Territory. The series lasted 11 books, concluding in 1970 with Gateway to Hell. Below is a list of Dennis Wheatley’s Duke de Richleau books in order of when they were originally published (as well as in chronological order):
Publication Order of Duke de Richleau Books
| The Forbidden Territory | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devil Rides Out | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Spaniard | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Three Inquisitive People | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strange Conflict | (1941) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Codeword - Golden Fleece | (1946) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Second Seal | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Prisoner in the Mask | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vendetta in Spain | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dangerous Inheritance | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gateway to Hell | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Duke de Richleau Books
| The Prisoner in the Mask | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vendetta in Spain | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Second Seal | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Three Inquisitive People | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Forbidden Territory | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Devil Rides Out | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Spaniard | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Codeword - Golden Fleece | (1946) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strange Conflict | (1941) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gateway to Hell | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dangerous Inheritance | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Duke De Richleau Synopsis: The Forbidden Territory by Dennis Wheatley is the first book to be published in the Duke de Richleau series. The Duke receives a coded message from his missing friend, Van Ryn, who had been hunting for treasure that had gone missing during the Soviet takeover of Russia and is now imprisoned somewhere in that large country. Along with the Duke, good friends Simon Aron and Richard Eaton set off on a secret mission to secure Van Ryn’s escape. Without official papers, they lead a thrilling caper, hunted by the Secret Police through Siberia and across the vast plains, mountains, and forests of Soviet Russia.
