The Complete Works of William Beckford
William Beckford
Publisher: Shrine of Knowledge
Summary
The Complete Works of William Beckford William Thomas Beckford was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. This collection includes the following titles: The History of the Caliph Vathek Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal Vathek Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents