The History of Caliph Vathek

The History of Caliph Vathek Vathek is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford 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. Autor: William Jr. Beckford Wydawnictwo: Bottom of the Hill Publishing Rok wydania: 2011 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 110 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781612033655