About this book
<b><br></b><b>'One of the most shocking Gothic novels' <i>Independent</i></b><br> <b><i><br></i></b> Noble and devout, Ambrosio is the abbot of a Spanish monastery and spends his days in prayer and preaching. However his monastery is harboring a malevolent force in the form of a young monk called Rosario. Rosario attaches himself to the abbot and then one fateful night reveals that he is in fact a beautiful woman in disguise. From this moment on Ambrosio finds himself seduced into a lurid maelstrom of sin and vice that it is impossible for him to resist.<br> <br> <b>INCLUDES <i>THE BRAVO OF VENICE</i></b>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN
- 9780099519034
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818)[1] was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel, *The Monk*. He also worked as a diplomat, politician, and an estate owner in Jamaica. **Source**: [Matthew Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Gregory_Lewis) on Wikipedia.
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