Werewolf [Paperback]

Montague Summers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2003

Firmly convinced of the literal and enduring reality of the werewolf, the late Reverend Montague Summers has a wonderful time recounting the fantastic European history of "that most terrible and depraved of all the bond slaves of Satan." Illustrated. Contents: Introduction; Werewolf: lycanthropy; Werewolf: his science and practice; Werewolf in Greece and Italy, Spain and Portugal; Werewolf in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland; Werewolf in France; Werewolf in the North, in Russia and Germany; Note on the werewolf in literature; Bibliography; Witch ointments, by Dr. H. J. Norman.

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766132102
• ISBN-13: 978-0766132108
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,309,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive book of werewolfery!, April 3, 2005

By 

Frederick L. Wagner "Vinea" (Southern United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Werewolf (Hardcover)

This is the textbook of werewolfery and, is about as entertaining as any college textbook would be. It was written in the days before the Hollywood werewolf and, reads like an Audubon Society field guide to birds. If you are looking for the definitive non-fiction work on the subject, you have found it. If you are looking for "Werewolf: The Apocalypse" type kitsch, you're in over your head here.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I cannot wait for this book to come out!, October 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Werewolf (Hardcover)

1O/11/97 E-mail (Eugene IV) I wish and hope to see more works by the author Montague Summers. His books are quite rare, and are great to read. I'm delighted to see this work being published again by the famed Montague Summers and his book "The Were Wolf". A thrilling and rather frighful account of a series of events that took place during the 15th and 18th centuries. Father Montague 188O/1948 an English Priest of the Catholic Church goes into depth about the heart chilling details of "The Were Wolf". How the Were Wolf is not just folk lore, but part of the belief of the Catholic Church, that condemned such monster's attributing there existence to the devil or satan "The Father of Lies" Gospel of (John:8 44). Filled with wisdom and historical accounts the priest gives his thoughts on the mind of the Catholic Church during that time, and her practice of burning such for there wickedness. A great book for them that doubt or deny the existence of "The Were Wolf".

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Now I know why this book is out of print., October 14, 1999

By 

J. Gunn ([e-mail]) (Cowtown, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Werewolf (Hardcover)

It took me 8 years to procure a copy of "The Werewolf", by Montague Summers. Perhaps, my expectations were too high, but this was a big disappointment.

I've read many books on Werewolves, and shape-shifter lore, both fiction and non-fiction. While I must give Rev. Summers credit for the amount of research that went into the book, the exceptional bibliography and documentation, his writing style made the book all but unreadable. If you happen to read fluent English, French, German, Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Spanish, or have a penchant for pretentious prose, then you're sure to get much more out of "The Werewolf" than a rube such as I. Summers will begin to make a point, and then summarize with a quote in Greek that he doesn't even bother to translate! This happens through out the entire book.

If "The Werewolf" is ever reprinted, it would certainly behoove the editor to translate the passages, and update the language by changing all those "U's" to "V's" in words such as "couen" and "Sauiour". In the mean time, so yourself a favor, and purchase "The Book of Werewolves" by Sabine Baring-Gould.