The History of the Caliph Vathek
By William Beckford
- Release Date: 2012-02-07
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers.
