The History of the Caliph Vathek (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781515428404)

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.

Author: William Jr. Beckford
ISBN-10: 1515428400
ISBN-13: 9781515428404
Publisher: SMK Books
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2018
Pages: 86
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d