The poet and the vampyre
Subtitle: the curse of Byron and the birth of literature's greatest monsters
By: Andrew McConnell Stott
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781605986142
Subjects: English literature; Friends and associates; Expatriate authors; Vampires in literature; History and criticism; Romanticism; English Authors; Monsters in literature; Homes and haunts; Supernatural in literature; English Horror tales
Work titles: Vampyre family
Description: Love affairs, literary rivalries, and the supernatural collide in an inspired journey to Lake Geneva, where Byron, the Shelleys, and John Polidori come together to create literature's greatest monsters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-415) and index.