The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

Ambrose Bierce



Santiago Caruso (Illustrations)

«LORD, Savior of my soul, whither hast Thou led me? Here am I in the culprit's tower, a condemned murderer, and tomorrow at sunrise I shall be taken to the gallows and hanged! For whoso slays a fellow being, he shall be slain; that is the law of God and man.»

In 1680, the monastery of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps was the setting for the ill-fated love between a young Franciscan and the daughter of an executioner. Two centuries later, Ambrose Bierce interpreted the sinister details of the legend giving rise to what would be his only novel. Guilt, terror and destruction are the basis of his tragedy.

The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter is one of the highest exponents of Gothic literature - and even more so of American. Santiago Caruso’s images depict accurately the intrigue in these pages, lighting up the dark beauty encoded in its pages.

16,5 x 24 cm, 140 pp,Hardback with Jacket
ISBN: 978-84-92412-47-1

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