John William Polidori
b. 1795 – d. 1821 · 47 books
Biography
Dr. **Polidori** was Lord Byron's personal physician. Upon accompanying Byron on holiday to Switzerland, he participated in a "ghost story" writing exercise.
His own story was met with scorn, but, inspired by the fragment that Byron wrote, Polidori used this base to write was would become the first modern vampire story in the English language.
His character, Lord Ruthven, an aristocratic bloodsucker based on Byron, would be used in English, French and German novels, operas and plays until the character was eclipsed by Stoker's Count Dracula.
Polidori became depressed and indebted due to gambling. His death at the age of 25 was officially classed as natural causes, but it was likely that Polidori committed suicide. There is strong evidence indicating poisoning with cyanide.
Through his sister, Polidori was the uncle to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
His own story was met with scorn, but, inspired by the fragment that Byron wrote, Polidori used this base to write was would become the first modern vampire story in the English language.
His character, Lord Ruthven, an aristocratic bloodsucker based on Byron, would be used in English, French and German novels, operas and plays until the character was eclipsed by Stoker's Count Dracula.
Polidori became depressed and indebted due to gambling. His death at the age of 25 was officially classed as natural causes, but it was likely that Polidori committed suicide. There is strong evidence indicating poisoning with cyanide.
Through his sister, Polidori was the uncle to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Books by John William Polidori
The Vampyre and Carmilla
Carmilla and the Vampyre and t
Carmilla and the Vampyre and the True Story of a Vampire
O Vampiro
Adventures on the Go #2
Adventures on the Go #2
Banpiroa
Vampyre, a Tale Illustrated
Vampyre, a Tale Illustrated
John William Polidori - Ximenes & Other Poems
Vampyre and Other Tales
Vampyre and Other Tales
Ghostly Tales from the Lost Su
Ghostly Tales from the Lost Summer of 1816 - Frankenstein, the Vampyre & Other Stories from the Villa Diodati
Classic Vampire Tales
Classic Vampire Tales
Ernestus Berchtold
Lord Ruthven
Lord Ruthven
Vampiric Tales
Vampiric Tales
Vampyre a Tale
Vampyre a Tale
Ernestus Berchtold : or, The Modern Œdipus
Vampyre, The
Vampyre; a Tale by John Willia
Vampyre; a Tale by John William Polidori
Sombra de Polidori
Sombra de Polidori
Vampires, Novels and Short His
Vampires, Novels and Short Histories
Quattro Storie Sui Vampiri
Quattro Storie Sui Vampiri
Tre racconti di vampiri
Tre racconti di vampiri
Blessings from the Condemned
Selected Vampire Stories (Anno
Selected Vampire Stories (Annotated)
Vampyre' and Other Writings
Vampyre' and Other Writings
A Dark and Stormy Night
Biss Zur Nacht
Biss Zur Nacht
Three Tales of the Undead
Three Tales of the Undead
Collected Vampire Stories Volume I
La noche de los monstruos - 1. edición
The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Vampire Anthology
Two Early Vampire Tales
Two Early Vampire Tales
Geneva Collection Frankenstein
Geneva Collection Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the Vampyre, by John Polidori
The Diary of Dr John William P
The Diary of Dr John William Polidori
Contes de vampires
Vampiros de papel
Menacing Tales
Menacing Tales
The vampyre, the werewolf and
The vampyre, the werewolf and other gothic tales of horror
Diary, 1816, Relating to Byron
Diary, 1816, Relating to Byron, Shelley, etc Edited and Elucidated by William Michael Rossetti
The vampyre, and other tales of the macabre
The Vampyre / Ernestus Berchtold
Relatos escalofriantes
The Evil Image
Diary, 1816, relating to Byron, Shelley, etc
The fall of the angels
Ximenes, the wreath, and other poems
An essay upon the source of po
An essay upon the source of positive pleasure
Dissertatio medica inauguralis, quaedam de morbo, oneirodynia dicto, complectens