Valancourt Books
  • Home
  • About
    • Our History
    • Who We Are
    • Where to Buy
    • Contact
  • Catalogue
    • Gothic & Romantic
    • Victorian & Edwardian
    • Horror & Science Fiction
    • LGBT Literature
    • Literary Fiction
    • International Series
    • Vintage Thrills and Chills
    • audiobooks
  • Authors
  • Booksellers
  • Blog
Picture
Edgar; or, The Phantom of the Castle (1798)
Richard Sickelmore

"His face struck against something, he stumbled, and had nearly fallen; he stooped to examine what it was, and his hand rested on the face of a human being, cold, putrid, and clammy!"

Young Edgar's father, the noble Baron Fitz-Elmar, has been mysteriously slain, and his uncle, the scheming Armine, rules in his place.  Determined to retain his power, Armine will stop at nothing to destroy Edgar, who stands to inherit the castle.

Now Edgar must flee his tyrannical uncle and outrun the murderous army of assassins sent to kill him.  His flight will lead him, on a dark and stormy night, to a ruined priory, where he will discover the horrible truth behind his father's untimely end.

A gothicized retelling of Hamlet, and heavily influenced by the tragedies of Shakespeare and the Gothic romances of Walpole and Radcliffe, Edgar; or, The Phantom of the Castle was the first of Richard Sickelmore's Gothic novels.  This edition, the first since its initial publication in 1798, includes a new introduction, notes, and the complete text of contemporary reviews.



BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 0976604892
ISBN-13: 978-0976604891
$15.99 US, 132 pp.
Trade paper
Published 2005
Purchase paperback

ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH ONLINE RETAILERS

BUY PAPERBACK
$15.99
​Amazon US

Amazon UK
Barnes & Noble


BUY EBOOK
$4.99

Kindle US
Kindle UK

"We owe a debt of gratitude to the publisher Valancourt, whose aim is to resurrect some neglected works of literature, especially those incorporating a supernatural strand, and make them available to a new readership." 
- Times Literary Supplement

ABOUT US

Our History
What We Publish
Who We Are
Contact

OUR CATALOGUE

Literary Fiction
Horror & Science Fiction
Vintage Thrills and Chills
LGBT Interest
Gothic & Romantic
Victorian & Edwardian

​MORE INFO

Booksellers
Valancourt Books | PO Box 17642, Richmond, VA 23226 | 804.873.8528 | email
Copyright © 2022 by Valancourt Books, LLC. All rights reserved. Valancourt Books® is a registered trademark of Valancourt Books, LLC.
Banner art by M.S. Corley