Download or read book Vathek written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq Bi'llāh), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers.