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The Demon Spell, the Vampire Maid, and the Land of the Hibiscus Blossom

The Demon Spell, the Vampire Maid, and the Land of the Hibiscus Blossom

Hume Nisbet

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Bibliotech Press
Año de edición:
2012
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9781618950840
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James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 - 4 June 1923) was a Scottish-Australian author and artist.Nisbet was born at Stirling, Scotland. At 16 years of age he came to Australia and stayed about seven years, during which he travelled widely.Miller in his Australian Literature lists about 40 novels published between 1888 and 1905.Many of Nisbet’s volumes were of ghost stories. These include Paths of the Dead (1899), Stories Weird and Wonderful (1900), The Land of the Hibiscus Blossom (1888), The Swampers (1897), The Demon Spell, The Vampire Maid. and The Haunted Station whose title story (about a haunted property or ’station’ in the Australian Outback) has often been reprinted. (wikipedia.org)

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