Vampiro

The night that invented the modern vampire. In the summer of 1816, a group of young writers gathered at Lake Geneva during a volcanic winter, and Lord Byron proposed they each write a ghost story. Percy Shelley couldn't. Mary Shelley wouldn't. But John William Polidori, the physician and companion to Byron, wrote something that would never let go of our imagination. The result is Lord Ruthven, an aristocratic vampire who infiltrates London society with charm and deadly intent, preying on the innocent while wearing the mask of a gentleman. This is the story that birthed the romantic vampire: seductive, dangerous, and terrifyingly beautiful. Polidori created a monster who would outlast Frankenstein itself, inspiring countless generations of bloodsuckers from Stoker to Anne Rice. For anyone who has ever been seduced by a monster, this is where the seduction began.