La Danse Macabre: Histoire Fantastique Du Quinzi�me Si�cle

by P.L. Jacob

Excerpt from La Danse Macabre: Histoire Fantastique du Quinzieme Siecle

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Genres: Horror

384 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 2012

About the author

Pseudonym of Paul LaCroix, also known as "P.L. Jacob, bibliophile" and "Le Bibliophile Jacob".

Reviews

[The Literary Chick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful. A theater made of bones, beauty, love, jealousy, persecution, revenge, child snatching, eclipses, ossuaries, lepers, opulent clothing, plagues, aristocrats, gypsies, they just don't make 'em like this anymore. Great cover art by Daniele Serra.

[Victor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe even as low as one star, tbh. Sloppily constructed and often written in an obnoxiously archaic style, mostly the stilted dialogue; enlivened by its phenomenally dark imagery, but deeply marred by its load-bearing antisemitic subplot, which revolves around the blood libel being described in horrific terms. I can't say I regret having read this despite its massive flaws--that dark imagery is truly twisted, especially for the 1830s, and unlike the dialogue, the narration virtually sings--but I can't really recommend it to anyone to read.