The History of Caliph Vathek Contributor(s): Beckford, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1512317721 ISBN-13: 9781512317725 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Gothic - Fiction | Classics |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.14" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.23 lbs) 70 pages |
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Publisher Description: William Beckford, born in 1759, the year before the accession of King George the Third, was the son of an Alderman who became twice Lord Mayor of London. His family, originally of Gloucestershire, had thriven by the plantations in Jamaica; and his father, sent to school in England, and forming a school friendship at Westminster with Lord Mansfield, began the world in this country as a merchant, with inheritance of an enormous West India fortune. |