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Vathek: The History of the Caliph Including the Episodes of Vathek with the Original Notes
Vathek The History of the Caliph Including the Episodes of Vathek with the Original Notes Author:William Beckford Quote from H.P. Lovecraft: "VATHEK is a tale of the grandson of the Caliph Haroun, who, tormented by an ambition for super-terrestrial power, is lured by an evil genius to the subterranean throne of the mighty and fabulous pre-Adamite, sultans in the fiery halls of Eblis, the Mahometan devil..." — It is also the best Oriental fantasy ever written... more », a living monument to a remarkable man whose only literary work it proved to be.« less