This provocative and playful tale of medieval dynastic and sexual politics is regarded as the first-ever published gothic novel and has inspired authors from St

On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty wi

The Castle of Otranto' is a gothic novel by Horace Walpole. It was first published in the year 1764. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiat