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Noble and devout, Ambrosio is the abbot of a Spanish monastery who spends his days in prayer. However, his monastery is harboring a malevolent force in the form of a young monk called Rosario. Rosario attaches himself to the abbot and one fateful night reveals that he is in fact a beautiful woman in disguise. From this moment on Ambrosio finds himself seduced into a lurid maelstrom of sin and vice he finds impossible to resist.
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Matthew Lewis was born on 9 July 1775 in London. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He later worked as an attache to the British Embassy in Holland and an MP. When he was nineteen years old he wrote The Monk, which was published in 1796 and became a huge popular success, leading to the author being nicknamed 'Monk Lewis'. Lewis also wrote plays, poetry, translations and a memoir. He died on 14 May 1818 on a voyage home from the estate he had inherited in Jamaica.
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date2009
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