{"product_id":"the-three-impostors-or-the-transmutations-paperback-2","title":"The Three Impostors or The Transmutations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Three Impostors is an episodic novel by British horror fiction writer Arthur Machen, first published in 1895 in the Bodley Head's Keynote Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControversy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher John Lane, wary of the atmosphere following the trial of Oscar Wilde, asked Machen to censor his manuscript. Barring the omission of one word, Machen refused to do this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Things Near and Far Machen wrote: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was in the early spring of 1894 that I set about the writing of the said \"Three Impostors,\" a book which testifies to the vast respect I entertained for the fantastic, \"New Arabian Nights\" manner of R. L. Stevenson, to those curious researches in the byways of London which I have described already, and also, I hope, to a certain originality of experiment in the tale of terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel incorporates several inset weird tales and culminates in a final denouement of deadly horror, connected with a secret society devoted to debauched pagan rites. The three imposters of the title are members of this society who weave a web of deception in the streets of London-retailing the aforementioned weird tales in the process-as they search for a missing Roman coin commemorating an infamous orgy by the Emperor Tiberius and close in on their prey: \"the young man with spectacles\". (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720003555391,"sku":"9781644399927","price":28.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d8a8bed7a5e7e35e6b7d0510dbe18d23.webp?v=1765087643","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-three-impostors-or-the-transmutations-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}