Clive Bloom

From Kensington to the East End, under candlelight, gas lamp and then neon signs, London is both a bustling physical metropolis and a stirring psychic encounter. The most depraved depictions of London in fiction, film, poetry, television and theatre have irrevocably merged with the reality of its dark history, creating a phantasmagoria defined by murder, vice and the unnatural. In this panoptic look at the capital at its most eerie and macabre, Clive Bloom takes a tour of Gothic London's uncanny literature, arcane events and its infamous and imagined geographies. From David Bowie to T S Eliot, Thomas de Quincey to Aleister Crowley, the prophetess Joanna Southcott to the 'ghosts' of Abba and the worlds of Neil Gaiman and Clive Barker, these are the figures that populate a city lost in fog and blind alleys, where the dead can be raised, the living sacrificed and the clandestine thrive. Suturing together fact and fantasy, London Uncanny presents the urban landscape of the capital as a space of wonder and madness, haunted by its past and haunting the present. Stalking through disease and degeneracy, death and murder, spiritualism, lunacy and the occult, Bloom crafts a singular, integrated concept of a London where dreams and nightmares meet.

From regicides to revolutionaries; from fascists to anarchists; from Tom Paine to Tom Wintringham, this book is a history of noble ideals and crushing failures in which Clive Bloom takes us on a journey through British history, exploring our often rocky relationship with the ruling elite.A History of Britain's Fight for a Republic reveals our surprising legacy of terrorism and revolution, reminding us that Britain has witnessed centuries of revolt. This is a history encompassing three bloody civil wars in Ireland, the bombing campaigns by the IRA, two Welsh uprisings, one Lowland Scottish civil war, uprisings in Derbyshire and Kent, five attempts to assassinate the entire cabinet and seize London, and numerous attempts to murder the royal family.This new and revised edition takes the story of modern monarchy back to its origins in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and forward to the reign of Charles III and includes the story of the continuing struggle for democratic rights and republican values from medieval times up to the present struggle for Scottish and Welsh independence.

En unik och gåtfull version av Bram Stokers Dracula, publicerad i Sverige 1899 och bortglömd tills nyligen. Mörkrets makter är en tidig antifascistisk roman som kritiserar dåtidens pseudovetenskapliga rasism och varnar för kommande storkrig. Det är också en utmärkt gotisk skräckroman dubbelt så lång som Stokers original, med mängder av scener, karaktärer och handlingstrådar som inte förekommer i Dracula.Greve Draculitz (som han kallas i boken) har för avsikt att sprida vampyrsläktet över världen och konspirerar med kungligheter och politiker för att skapa en ny världsordning där vampyrerna ska bli den nya härskande rasen -- de betraktar sig själva som nästa steg i mänsklighetens utveckling. Och i grevens slott vandrar den "vita damen", en underbart vacker kvinna som ständigt söker locka den unge advokaten Thomas Harker i fördärvet med sina "kyssar". Förutom inslagen av politisk satir och internationella konspirationer är Mörkrets makter betydligt mer våldsam och erotisk än Stokers original.Mycket lite är känt om dess bakgrund. Varför skrevs den? Vem var signaturen A--e? Mycket tyder på att Bram Stoker själv hade något att göra med skapandet av denna version av Dracula, men stämmer det?Både fans av klassiska Dracula och nya läsare har här en annorlunda berättelse att fördjupa sig i, med ett helt nytt slut. Den presenteras av författaren och förläggaren som upptäckte romanen, Rickard Berghorn, och en ledande expert på gotisk litteratur, professor Clive Bloom från England. Ytterligare ett förord har skrivits av den svenska Dracula-experten professor Ingmar Söhrman. Här finns också samtliga originalillustrationer av Emil Åberg.

En unik och gåtfull version av Bram Stokers Dracula, publicerad i Sverige 1899 och bortglömd tills nyligen. Mörkrets makter är en tidig antifascistisk roman som kritiserar dåtidens pseudovetenskapliga rasism och varnar för kommande storkrig. Det är också en utmärkt gotisk skräckroman dubbelt så lång som Stokers original, med mängder av scener, karaktärer och handlingstrådar som inte förekommer i Dracula.Greve Draculitz (som han kallas i boken) har för avsikt att sprida vampyrsläktet över världen och konspirerar med kungligheter och politiker för att skapa en ny världsordning där vampyrerna ska bli den nya härskande rasen -- de betraktar sig själva som nästa steg i mänsklighetens utveckling. Och i grevens slott vandrar den "vita damen", en underbart vacker kvinna som ständigt söker locka den unge advokaten Thomas Harker i fördärvet med sina "kyssar". Förutom inslagen av politisk satir och internationella konspirationer är Mörkrets makter betydligt mer våldsam och erotisk än Stokers original.Mycket lite är känt om dess bakgrund. Varför skrevs den? Vem var signaturen A--e? Mycket tyder på att Bram Stoker själv hade något att göra med skapandet av denna version av Dracula, men stämmer det?Både fans av klassiska Dracula och nya läsare har här en annorlunda berättelse att fördjupa sig i, med ett helt nytt slut. Den presenteras av författaren och förläggaren som upptäckte romanen, Rickard Berghorn, och en ledande expert på gotisk litteratur, professor Clive Bloom från England. Ytterligare ett förord har skrivits av den svenska Dracula-experten professor Ingmar Söhrman. Här finns också samtliga originalillustrationer av Emil Åberg.

This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the rise of Black, Asian and LGBTQIA+ publishing; the continuing importance of certain genres and up to date trends in publishing, bookselling, library borrowing and literacy. There are sections on writing for children, on the importance of audiobooks and book clubs, self- published bestsellers as well as many new entries to the present day including bestselling authors such as David Walliams, Peter James, George R R Martin and far less well known authors whose books s sell in their thousands. This is the essential guide to best-selling books, authors, genres, publishing and bookselling since 1900, providing a unique insight into more than a century of entertainment, and opening a window into the reading habitsand social life of the British from the death of Queen Victoria to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

‘Scary but enlightening’ - Christopher StoneMargaret Thatcher remains one of the United Kingdom’s most polarising prime ministers. This provocative investigation sheds light on the secret, internal ‘cold war’ that she waged against ‘the enemy within’; everyone she could not see eye to eye with. It was a campaign fuelled by paranoia on both the left and right of the political spectrum and fought with corruption, black propaganda, dirty tricks and even murder.Expertly juxtaposing notable events with today’s political arena, this new and updated edition of Thatcher’s Secret War surmises that although Thatcher’s ideals seem to have vanished, one remains: the power and importance of the extra parliamentary state and its surveillance methods and hidden powers in a new age of terrorism.

The first in a three-volume sequence, this book covers the period between 1900 and 1929, providing a perceptive and thorough analysis of British literature within its historical, cultural and artistic context. It identifies the crucial, interwoven relationships between literature and the visual arts, modern poetry, popular fiction, journalism, cinema, music and radio. Much factual detail and a literary chronology guide the reader through the text.

This follow up to Violent London deals in detail with the story behind the 2010 and 2011 riots both from the perspective of the protesters, rioters and from the point of view of the police and government. Bloom uses reportage, parliamentary, police and security briefings, as well as the voices and theory of modern protest, to tell the story.

This is a comprehensive guide to the history of Gothic from the eighteenth century to the present day that includes original research. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love not only of ruins, decay and medieval pageantry, but also the drug-induced monsters of the mind. By explaining the international dimension of Gothicism and dealing in detail with German, French and American authors, "Gothic Histories" demonstrates the development of the genre in every area of art and includes original research on Gothic theatre, spiritualism, 'ghost seeing' and spirit photography and the central impact of penny-dreadful writers on the genre, while also including a host of forgotten or ignored authors and their biographies. "Gothic Histories" is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Gothic and its literary double, the horror genre, leading the reader from their origins in the haunted landscapes of the Romantics through Frankenstein and Dracula to the very different worlds of Hannibal Lecter and Goth culture. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it is a fascinating guide to the Gothic and horror in film, fiction and popular culture.

In the middle of the eighteenth century the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love not only of ruins, decay and medieval pageantry, but also the drug-induced monsters of the mind. By explaining the international dimension of Gothicism and dealing in detail with German, French and American authors, Gothic Histories demonstrates the development of the genre in every area of art and includes original research on Gothic theatre, spiritualism, ghost seeing and spirit photography and the central impact of penny-dreadful writers on the genre, while also including a host of forgotten or ignored authors and their biographies. Gothic Histories is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Gothic and its literary double, the horror genre, leading the reader from their origins in the haunted landscapes of the Romantics through Frankenstein and Dracula to the very different worlds of Hannibal Lecter and Goth culture. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it is a fascinating guide to the Gothic and horror in film, fiction and popular culture.

This highly accessible anthology of Gothic writings and criticism provides an essential guide to the genre. The second edition of this critically acclaimed book has been thoroughly revised to include material from the early gothic and a fresh set of contemporary essays, with a supporting timeline and thought provoking introductory material.

American Drama offers a comprehensive introduction for students who require detailed but clear information on the dramatists included. It has much to offer the academic and serious reader and addresses the common concern that the unfamiliar names and forgotten voices of those who made a major contribution to the history of American drama have been unfairly neglected. A range of approaches and a wide selection of plays discussed make this volume a landmark in our appreciation and understanding of some of this century's greatest writers.