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Jan 1, 1760 — Jan 1, 1844· 84 yrs

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William Beckford

Also known as: William Beckford of Somerly

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Wiltshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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VATHEK, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid.

— from An Arabian tale, 1836

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Italy

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The author explains why the cradle of western civilization, which has assimilated so many barbarians in its time, endured the tyrant Mussolini and a sack worse than any in its past. He shows how the peasantry and the clergy were at once actors and pawns in the drama of Italy's history, and how the defects in her society led to the internal strife she knows today.

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An Arabian tale

1836

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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.

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A Descriptive Account of a Part of the Island of Jamaica Volume 1

1790

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