![]() ![]() Henry Lathom was a Norwich merchant engaged in business with the East India Company in Holland. This edition, the first in forty years, features a new introduction by David Punter, one of the world's foremost experts on Gothic literature.įrancis Lathom (1774-1832) was born in July 1774 at Rotterdam to Henry and Sarah Lathom. One of the greatest of all Gothic novels, The Midnight Bell (1798) features a blend of fast-paced action and spine-tingling suspence, pervaded throughout by a tone of profound melancholy. ![]() ![]() And when he hears that ghosts inhabit Cohenburg castle, tolling the great bell each night at midnight, the mystery only deepens. But their domestic tranquillity is shattered, when a band of ruffians kidnaps the unfortunate Lauretta! Alphonsus must solve the mystery of Lauretta's disappearance and the riddle of his mother's strange conduct. They wed and establish a home together, and everything seems to promise them a happy future. She tells him his uncle has murdered his father, and orders him to flee Cohenburg castle forever to save his own life! A disconsolate exile, Alphonsus wanders the earth seeking the means of survival, first as a soldier, then a miner, and finally as sacristan of a church, where he meets the beautiful Lauretta. Young Alphonsus Cohenburg enters his mother's bedroom and finds her covered in blood. ![]()
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