The Vampyre by Tom Holland, 1995, Uncorrected Proof Copy, Vintage Paperback Novel

The Vampyre by Tom Holland, 1995, Uncorrected Proof Copy, published by Little, Brown and Company, London. Paperback, 339 pages

'Being the true pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron'

This novel is in good condition - the front cover has a diagonal crease. It has rubbing along the edges of the spine.
Inside the first twenty pages are bumped on the corners.
Otherwise there is no writing, tearing, creasing or dog-earing.

21.5cm x 13.5cm x 2cm approx.

Blurb reads:
Lord Byron's personal physician, Polidori, is generally credited with authorship of the first modern vampire story. Its hero was titled, fascinating, and deadly dangerous to know; in fact, a thinly veiled portrayal of the great poet himself. But Polidori's story only hinted at the truth. It did not tell it all. And was it not Byron himself who commented that truth is stranger than fiction?
So it is the myth that has become reality. Rebecca Carville, desperate to track down the sole remaining copy of Byron's lost memoirs, finds herself sharing a bottle of Chateau Lafite with the dissolute adventurer, staggered to find him not only alive but looking as beautiful and ethereal as he did nearly two hundred years ago.
But Byron is weary with the burden of immortality. Sensing a kindred spirit as well as a rapt audience, he agrees to related the story of his extraordinary life, beginning with his dark and mysterious initiation into the ways of the Undead...
A brilliantly crafter blend of fact and fiction, The Vampyre puts a dazzling new spin on the vampire myth, with a pervasive sense of violence and eroticism and a cast of powerfully tortured characters. Intensely atmospheric, it presents a fascinating piece of alternative literary history and a modern Gothic novel that is as thought-provoking as it is grippingFree UK Tracked Postage
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