The Castle of Otranto
Regarded as the first gothic horror novel ever written, The Castle of Otranto is a dark, thrilling tale, delightfully shocking for its time and hugely influential. A fantastic, provocative and playful tale of medieval dynastic and sexual politics, The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first ever published gothic novel and has inspired authors from Edgar Allan Poe to J.K. Rowling. Abounding with unfulfilled prophecies, supernatural occurrences, adventure, suspense and destiny it follows the fortunes of the royal family of Sicily in the thirteenth century. Prince Conrad is crushed to death on the day of his wedding to the beautiful Princess…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78094-344-2
- EAN: 9781780943442
- Produktnummer: 16618767
- Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 159 KB
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Horace Walpole (1717 - 97), first son of the first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, was an English historian, politician and writer. He revived the Gothic style of architecture decades before the Victorians, and penned the proto-Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto.
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