Vathek - The History of the Caliph, Including the Episodes of Vathek. (Ballantine Adult Fantasy; PBO )
Published by Ballantine Adult Fantasy, USA, 1971
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used



Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
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ISBN = 345-02279-3-095. 305 pages.Goodread notes = " The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek, who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. At the end of the novel, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly. Vathek, the ninth caliph of the Abassides, ascended to the throne at an early age. He is a majestic figure, terrible in anger (one glance of his flashing eye can make "the wretch on whom it was fixed instantly [fall] backwards and sometimes [expire]"), and addicted to the pleasures of the flesh. He is intensely thirsty for knowledge and often invites scholars to converse with him. If he fails to convince the scholar of his points of view, he attempts a bribe; if this does not work, he sends the scholar to prison. To better study astronomy, he builds an observation tower with 11,000 steps." >> Heavy Cover creasing & indents; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Vathek - The History of the Caliph, Including the Episodes of Vathek. (Ballantine Adult Fantasy; PBO )
- Author
- Beckford, William. (Intro by Lin Carter)
- Publisher
- Ballantine Adult Fantasy, USA
- Publication year
- 1971
- Condition
- GOOD+
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Illustrator
- Ray Cruz - Wraparound Painted Cover
- Edition
- PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed.
- Seller catalogs
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Comic World
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