Vaults of lepanto (gothic classics), Tuckett, T R

Featuring all the classic elements of the late-eighteenth century Gothic novel - sinister villains, murderous banditti, crumb-ling manuscripts, blood-stained daggers, mysterious parentages, and the dungeons of the Inquisition - The Vaults of Lepanto (1814) is one of the scarcest Gothic novels issued by the Minerva Press, surviving in only one known copy, at the library of Castle Corvey in Germany. This first-ever republication includes the unabridged text of the original three volume edition and a new foreword revealing the few facts known about the books elusive author, T. R. Tuckett.