Das Buch, mit dem Arno Schmidt sich von 'Zettel's Traum' erholteFinstermänner aus Londons Unterwe...

Generationen von Lesern und Filmzuschauern haben sich von der faszinierenden Vorstellung jener fu...

Bulwer-Lytton is legend nowadays for the qualities of his prose: but we find his prose attractive...

' Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi ' retrace la vie trépidante et contrastée de la cité antique à l'a...

Les Derniers Jours de Pompei s'ouvre sur une cite antique en pleine activite, entre soupers, bain...

'. . . having had occasion to read the original authorities from which modern historians have dra...

By way of introduction, the author confesses: '... It so chanced that some years ago, in my young...

'Vril' is a mysterious energy used by Lytton's subterranean race -- refugees from the deluge that...

One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. They had a charm for him e...