As a young boy, Vathek was thrust into power as the ninth caliph of the Abassides. Much was expected of him, but little was done to train him in the ways of decency and diplomacy. Competitive and quick to anger, Vathek imprisons anyone perceived to slight him. One day, this behavior proves his downfall. Vathek is a novel by William Beckford.
As a young boy, Vathek was thrust into power as the ninth caliph of the Abassides. Much was expected of him, but little was done to train him in the ways of decency and diplomacy. Competitive and quick to anger, Vathek imprisons anyone perceived to slight him. One day, this behavior proves his downfall. Vathek is a novel by William Beckford.
William Beckford (1760-1844) was an English novelist, art collector, slaveowner, and politician. Born in London, he inherited a massive fortune from his father, a former Lord Mayor of London, as well as an estate in Wiltshire and sugar plantations in Jamaica with around 3,000 African slaves. He lived in ease and luxury, studying music with Mozart and drawing with Alexander Cozens while leading a semi-open bisexual lifestyle. Inspired by a Grand Tour of Europe, Beckford published a travel narrative, Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents (1783). Several years later, he wrote Vathek (1786), a popular Gothic novel originally drafted in French. He earned a reputation as an obsessive art collector and eccentric builder, burning through his fortune at an alarming rate. Throughout his life, he owned and sold original works by Turner, Blake, Velázquez, Lippi, and the Bellini family.
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