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In 1816, the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva gathers the youthful literary luminaries Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley and the physician Dr. Polidori. Polidori, smooth but opportunistic, strikes a Faustian pact with the mysterious Annette Legrand, a third of the famed Legrand sisters who run a vaudeville act. In exchange for a whispered tale of vampiric intrigue, Polidori must confront his own moral boundaries while vying against the intellectual prowess of Byron’s entourage. The novel weaves historical setting with gothic intrigue, exploring the blurred lines between dream and reality as the characters navigate the seductive pull of speculative fiction.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Horror/Gothic Horror
Authors: Federico Andahazi
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