| Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardback edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Edinburgh ; London : Canongate, 2013. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-415) and index. |
| Contents |
St George's Day -- Directions for John -- The footing of an equal -- That odd-headed girl -- Here is a man -- An empire's dust -- Young Tahitians -- A star in the halo of the moon -- Fog of the Jura -- To die of joy -- The hero of Milan -- Household gods -- The vampyre -- Sea Sodom -- Torn clouds before the hurricane. |
| Summary |
Love affairs, literary rivalries, and the supernatural collide in an inspired journey to Lake Geneva, where Byron, the Shelleys, and John Polidori come together to create literature's greatest monsters. |
| Subject |
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Friends and associates.
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Homes and haunts -- Switzerland.
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 -- Friends and associates.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Friends and associates.
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Polidori, John William, 1795-1821 -- Friends and associates.
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Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879.
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Polidori, John William, 1795-1821. Vampyre.
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Romanticism.
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English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Authors, English -- Switzerland.
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Expatriate authors -- Switzerland.
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Monsters in literature.
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Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)
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Vampires in literature.
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Supernatural in literature.
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Horror tales, English -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Added Title |
Vampyre family
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| ISBN |
9781605986142: $29.95 |
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1605986143 |
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