Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Vathek

The hero of Beckford's fairy romance. He is a haughty, effeminate monarch, induced by a malignant genius to commit all sorts of crimes. He abjures his faith, and offers allegiance to Eblis, under the hope of obtaining the throne of the pre-Adamite sultans.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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