| The History of Caliph Vathek Contributor(s): Beckford, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 938678033X ISBN-13: 9789386780331 Publisher: Alpha Edition OUR PRICE: $8.98 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.31 lbs) 102 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), 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. |
