Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry [Paperback]

Richard Francis Burton (Author), Isabel Burton (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2003

1893. This volume is Volume V of the Memorial Edition of the Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton. This translation contains eleven of the best tales surrounding the legend of a huge bat, vampire or evil spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. They are old and thoroughly Hindu legends composed in Sanskrit, and are the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights. The stories turn chiefly on a great king named Vikram, the King Arthur of the East. There is not a dull page found within and this work will please those who delight in the weird and supernatural, the grotesque and the wild life. Illustrated.

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Text: English, Hindi (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766165876
• ISBN-13: 978-0766165878
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,016,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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