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The character of the Byronesque vampire Lord Ruthven was first created in 1816 by John William Polidori on the same night that Mary Shelley created Frankenstein. LORD RUTHEN THE VAMPYRE - THE RETURN OF LORD RUTHVEN - LORD RUTHEN BEGINS cover by David Rabbitte READ AN EXCERPT LORD RUTHVEN THE VAMPYRE by John William Polidori, Charles Nodier & Eugene Scribe adapted by Frank J. Morlock The Angel of Hell comes To caress his victim. Recoil-his hand is icy. Beware, young fiancée, Of the Love that brings Death! In the early 1800s, young British aristocrat Aubrey travels through Italy and Greece in the company of the mercurial and fantastic Lord Ruthven. Later, he believes his friend to have been mysteriously slain. But when Ruthven returns from the dead to prey on his sister, he realizes that the enigmatic stranger is none other than a vampire! US$ 20.95 /GBP 12.99 5x8 tpb, 248 pages ISBN-10: 1-932983-10-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-932983-10-4 Contents: - The Vampire, the original 1819 Polidori novella; - Two extracts of letters from Polidori; - a fragment from an uncompleted novel by Lord Byron showing his own take on the character; - The Vampire, an 1820 stage adaptation by Charles Nodier; - Being Lord Ruthven, an 1821 vaudeville play by Eugène Scribe; - The Adventure of the Beneficent Vampire, an all-new story pitting Ruthven against Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown by renowned playwright and translator Frank J. Morlock. cover by David Rabbitte READ AN EXCERPT THE RETURN OF LORD RUTHVEN by Alexandre Dumas adapted by Frank J. Morlock Ruthven is a demon, Ruthven is a vampire! His Love is Death! The implacable Lord Ruthven returns in Volume 2 in a new, horror-filled story where the deadliest vampire of all comes face-to-face with an even more fearsome enemy -- Zizka, a female Ghoul of great necromantic powers. Both Ruthven and Zizka covet the same humans. The shadow-filled castles of Europe become the stage for the ultimate confrontation between Vampire and Ghoul-and those who dare defy them! US$ 20.95 /GBP 12.99 5x8 tpb, 264 p. ISBN-10: 1-932983-11-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-932983-11-1 Contents: - The Return of Lord Ruthven, an 1851 sequel presented here in its original form by Alexandre Dumas, the famous author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte-Cristo; - Entretien with a Vampire, an all-new story in which Dumas himself meets Ruthven and Rocambole in 1850s Paris, by renowned playwright and translator Frank J. Morlock. cover by David Rabbitte LORD RUTHVEN BEGINS by Jules Dornay adapted by Frank J. Morlock The origins of the accursed Lord Ruthven are finally revealed for the first time in Volume 3 of this unique trilogy. US$ 20.95 /GBP 12.99 5x8 tpb, TBA p. ISBN-13: 978-1-935558-43-9 Contents: - Lord Ruthven Begins (Douglas the Vampyre), a play by Jules Dornay adapted and retold by renowned playwright and translator Frank J. Morlock. - The Confession of Mary Queen of Scots Regarding Lord Ruthven, an all-new story by Frank J. Morlock. READ THE REVIEWS: All and all, this unusual and original collection of vampire fiction is something that any serious scholar of the undead should have on his or her bookshelf. While many who considered themselves fairly well educated in the literature of the fantastic would know of Polidori's story, it is doubtful that they would be acquainted with any of these plays by well known authors such as Nodier, Dumas or Scribe. Indeed, Morlock is to be commended for finding and making available these plays to the English speaking public. Necrofile