THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD by Ian Culbard ( 9781906838355 )

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Title:

THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD

By:

Ian Culbard

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Paperback

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1906838356

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9781906838355

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SELFMADEHERO

Pub. date:

3 May, 2012

Pages:

144

Description:

Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the insane, his method of escape baffling the authorities. Only the patient's final visitor, family physician Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett - himself a piece of the puzzle - holds the key to unlocking the mystery. A macabre mixture of historical investigation, grave-robbing and bone-chilling revelation, this adaptation artfully lays bare one of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying creations.

Synopsis:

When the young Charles Dexter Ward becomes fascinated by the history of his wizard ancestor Joseph Curwen, who gained notoriety for haunting graveyards, he attempts to duplicate Curwen's cabbalistic and alchemical feats. It is Ward's doctor who bears witness to the full horror of Ward's results as Lovecraft's psychological mystery unfolds before him.

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chiefly col. illustrations

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