William Beckford
English novelist, art collector and politician best known for the Gothic novel Vathek; wealthy heir and plantation/slave owner, served as Lord Mayor of London, and builder of Fonthill Abbey.
Books
This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.
-
1. Vethek
An Arabian Tale
A lavish Gothic tale set in an exoticized East, it follows a proud, pleasure-seeking caliph whose thirst for power and forbidden knowledge leads him to consort with demonic forces and embark on a nightmarish quest through enchanted palaces and infernal realms; sumptuous sensory detail and bizarre wonders frame a moralizing descent from opulence and hubris to dread, isolation, and ultimate ruin.
Purchase from Bookshop.org