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The Last Lords of Gardonal

by William Gilbert

Two brothers, born into money and power, are as cruel as the feudal age in which they live. But when the oppressed villagers seek help from a sorcerer, the wicked barons just may have met their match… This tale features a relatively early example in English fiction of a vampire and was first published in The Argosy in 1867.

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English

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1867

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William Gilbert was an English writer and Royal Navy surgeon. He wrote a considerable number of novels, biographies, histories, essays (especially about the dangers of alcohol and the plight of the po...

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