Samuel Henley

Standard Name: Henley, Samuel

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7 June 1786: During the absence abroad of William Beckford,...

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7 June 1786

During the absence abroad of William Beckford , his tutor Samuel Henley anonymously published his own English translation of Vathek, an Oriental gothic tale which Beckford had originally written in French.
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