![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when Ruthven resurfaces in London-making overtures toward Aubrey's sister-Aubrey realizes this immortal fiend is a vampyre.John William Polidori's The Vampyre is both a classic tale of gothic horror and the progenitor of the modern romantic vampire myth that has been fodder for artists ranging from Anne Rice to Alan Ball to Francis Ford Coppola. Originally published in 1819, many decades before Bram Stoker's Dracula, and misattributed to Polidori's friend Lord Byron, The Vampyre has kept readers up at night for nearly two hundred years. John William Polidori (1795-1821) was a writer and medical doctor, most noted for being the personal physician to Lord Byron. Polidori, Lord Byrons physician, conceived this important gothic tale at Lake Geneva when he accompanied Byron on a visit with Percy and Mary Shelley in. He wrote the first vampire novel ever published in English, 70 years before Dracula. His sister married exiled Italian scholar Gabriele Rossetti, making John an uncle to Maria Francesca Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti and Christina Rossetti. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() But with a second shot at the killer-and a first chance at redemption-Marty's just found A Reason to Live. Twelve years later, the victim's daughter comes to Marty begging for help: the killer is stalking her now.There's just one problem: Marty's retired.and he's retired because he's battling cancer. ![]() HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."Karen Cantwell, author of the Barbara Marr mystery series (Take the Monkeys and Run)".several nights I read until I couldn't keep my eyes open."- Misha Crews, author of Still Waters and Homesong"That was a hell of a ride! I loved it!"- Angie H., Goodreads In the late nineties, a bad cop killed a good woman and DC Homicide detective Marty Singer got to watch as the murderer walked out of the courtroom a free man. ![]() ![]() ![]() 2023 His reputation as a YouTube raconteur has opened the door to bigger projects and greater financial reward. 2022 Dinner-time conversation led by a first-rate raconteur. ![]() Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. Cricket (Ewan McGregor), here a pompous raconteur frequently subjected to splat gags but still positioned as a commenting conscience. 2023 Our six-legged gentleman narrator is Sebastian J. 2021 Brinegar is known as a raconteur - the gal everyone wants to sit with at social events. 2021 Dunne was a good writer, a spirited gossip, an inspired raconteur, and a hothead with a chronic temper. 2023 Malinowski is also the house raconteur. 2022 On Monday, rap raconteur DJ Akademiks announced a partnership with rising media platform Rumble to live-stream exclusively on the platform three to five days a week. Recent Examples on the Web Like any great raconteur, he’s mastered the beats, rhythms, cadences and pauses that go into any good story. ![]() |