Original title: La Ville Vampire (1867).
To save her friends from the dreaded vampire lord Otto Goetzi, gothic author Ann Radcliffe and her fearless vampire hunting companions, Merry Bones the Irishman, Grey Jack the faithful old servant, the revenge-driven Doctor Magnus Szegeli, and Polly Bird, one of the vampire's earlier victims, launch an all-out attack on Selene, the Vampire City...
Written in 1867 – 30 years before Bram Stoker's Dracula – Vampire City is one of three classic vampire stories penned by Paul Féval, along with Knightshade and The Vampire Countess.
Paul Henri Corentin Féval, père (1816–1887) was a French novelist and dramatist. He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as Le Loup Blanc and the perennial best-seller Le Bossu. He also penned the seminal vampire fiction novels Le Chevalier Ténèbre, La Vampire and La Ville Vampire and wrote several celebrated novels about his native Brittany and Mont Saint-Michel such as La Fée des Grèves.
