description: No words can describe the amazement of the courtiers when they beheld this rude merchant withstand the encounter unshocked. They all fell prostrate with their faces on the ground to avoid the risk of their lives, and continued in the same abject posture till the Caliph exclaimed in a furious tone, "Up, cowards! seize the miscreant! see that he be committed to prison and guarded by the best of my soldiers!
language: English
title: History of Caliph Vathek
titlecomplete: History of Caliph Vathek
characters: Goulchenrouz, Bababalouk, Vathek, Carathis, Morakanabad, Nouronihar
genres: Fiction, Gothic, British Literature, Horror, Literature, 18th Century, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Gothic Horror
ratings_count: 6374
publisher: Indypublish.Com