de Lamothe-Langon, Étienne-Léon
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1786-1864) French man of letters, politician, playwright and author, prolific from the turn of the century until his retirement in 1844. Much of his later work is Gothic Fantasy; he is of some sf interest for La Vampire ou la Vierge de Hongrie (1825; trans Brian Stableford as The Virgin Vampire 2011) as by Le B, which features a female Vampire who is not, in this case, a minion of the dark but a force for good. As with any vampire tale of this approximate date, La Vampire derives directly from John Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), which had the cachet of being widely thought to be the work of Lord Byron. L'Hermite de la Tombe Mysterieuse (1816) was initially published as though it was a translation by Lamothe-Langon of a work by the English writer Ann Radcliffe. [JC]
Baron Étienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon
born Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc, France: 1 April 1786
died Paris: 24 April 1864
works
- L'Hermite de la Tombe Mysterieuse, ou La Fantome du Vieux Chateau (Paris: Ménard & De senne, 1816) as by "Anne Radcliffe, translated by M E L de la Baron de Langon" [binding unknown/]
- The Mysterious Hermit of the Tomb (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2018) [trans by Brian Stableford of the above: pb/Mike Hoffman]
- La Vampire ou la Vierge de Hongrie (Paris: Madame Cardinal, 1825) as by Le B [published in three volumes: binding unknown/]
- The Virgin Vampire (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2011) [trans by Brian Stableford of the above: pb/Nathalie Lial]
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