The History Of Caliph Vathek - 9781544145280

The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek, who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. However, 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 Beckford
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Feb 26, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 82 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1544145284
• • ISBN-13: 9781544145280