The Castle of Otranto - Brossura

Walpole, Horace

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1843915200 ISBN 13: 9781843915201

Casa editrice: Hesperus Pr, 2014

Riassunto

This provocative and playful tale of medieval dynastic and sexual politics is regarded as the first-ever published gothic novel and has inspired authors from Stoker to Poe to Rowling

Abounding with unfulfilled prophecies, supernatural occurrences, adventure, suspense, and destiny, it follows the fortunes of the royal family of Sicily in the 13th century. Prince Conrad is crushed to death on the day of his wedding to the beautiful Princess Isabella. Heirless and terrified of an ancient prophecy that foretells the downfall of his dynasty, his father, King Manfred, divorces his wife and resolves to marry the princess himself. Far from enamored with her new fiancé, Isabella flees the royal castle and makes for the sanctuary of a nearby church with the help of the humble Theodore. When the pair are captured their respective fates seem inescapable; but at the moment of Theodore's death, delivery comes from the most unexpected of places.

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Recensione:

By turns lurid, sensational and amusing, this eighteenth-century gothic romance remains a tour de force. --The Guardian

Containing a Harry Potter-like array of animated portraits, supernatural adventures in vaults and cellars and astonishing, inexplicable events --The Telegraph

L'autore:

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) was an English historian, politician, and writer. He revived the Gothic style of architecture decades before the Victorians, and penned the proto-Gothic novelThe Castle of Otranto.

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• Editore: Hesperus Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1843915200
• ISBN 13: 9781843915201
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 109