This site is
maintained by Dick Claésson
and hosted by the Centre international d'étude du XVIIIe siècle,
Ferney-Voltaire.
Any suggestions or ideas should be directed to the keeper of the website;
e-mail to Dick Cla�sson,
or regular post to
Dick Claésson, Tideräkningsgatan 36, SE 415 10 Göteborg,
Sweden. If you wish to link to this site, the correct URL is
http://beckford.c18.net
William Beckford of Fonthill, Wiltshire (1760-1844); Vathek; Episodes of Vathek; Al Raoui; Orientalism; Travel literature; eighteenth century literature; eighteenth century aesthetics; landscape architecture; Bath; Lansdown Tower; Fonthill Abbey; Fonthill Splendens; Lansdown Crescent