Vampire Legend

Author: Montague Summers
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Facts, legends, all utterly chilling. In human history, is there anything more terrifying or dreadful than vampires? They are undead creatures that wander, sustaining themselves by drinking human blood, leaving behind only a scene of eerie horror. The classic work by an international expert on vampire studies, The Vampire Legend, will give you a complete understanding of all aspects of vampires. Anyone interested in the legendary tales of vampires will have heard the name Montague Summers. He established himself as an authority in the field of vampire studies and has maintained that position to this day due to his works written in the 1920s. The Vampire Legend (1928) meticulously explores the vampire phenomenon and its related consequences, recounting to readers numerous folk tales about death and vampires. The scope and depth of this book have remained unmatched by other works to this day. The content of this book is based on the original The Vampire Legend published in 1928, with some. This was neither to alter the style of the original nor to change its tone, but simply to make it more concise and clear. Moreover, it has proven to be entirely necessary. In the current version, Summers' arguments appear more coherent and fluid, and his Gothic style fits the theme perfectly. The text of this book is Montague Summers' original words, with some footnotes, irrelevant descriptions, excessive examples, and overly detailed references to literature removed (there were also many commas—he seemed to use them arbitrarily in his sentences, like sprinkling salt randomly).