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  • Vathek With the Episodes of Vathek
    Guy Chapman
    'Vathek With the Episodes of Vathek' is a seminal masterpiece of Gothic fiction and eighteenth-century Orientalism. The narrative follows the ambitious and cruel ninth Caliph of the Abassides, Vathek, who constructs a magnificent tower to satisfy his insatiable thirst for knowledge and sensual pleasure. His hubris leads him to renounce Islam and enter into a dark pact with a my...
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  • The Travel-Diaries of William Beckford of Fonthill
    Guy Chapman
    'The Travel-Diaries of William Beckford of Fonthill' offers a captivating glimpse into the restless and brilliant mind of one of the 18th century’s most eccentric and talented literary figures. Best known as the author of the Gothic masterpiece 'Vathek,' Beckford was also a prolific traveler whose observations remain among the most vivid in the English language. This collection...
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  • Why France Collapsed
    Guy Chapman
    The history of the conquest of Gaul, it has been said, would be far more obscure if twenty of Caesar’s generals had written commentaries. In June 1940 the armies of France, Great Britain and Belgium succumbed to the onslaught of the German armies in less than six weeks. How this could have come about has hardly been illuminated by the accusations and counter-accusations of prom...
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  • The Dreyfus Trials
    Guy Chapman
    Legal systems like to think of themselves as impartial and fair, dispensing the objective morality of Justice. But, from time to time, a court of law can be as political, prejudiced, and biased as any other arm of the State. The classic instance is the story of the trials of Alfred Dreyfus. In December 1894 a French military tribunal found Alfred Dreyfus guilty of high treason....
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