The Haunted Hotel: Wilkie Collins

An English aristocrat, Lord Montbarry, abandons his fiancee for an enigmatic countess with a dark past, before moving with her and her brother, Baron Rivar - who is rumoured to be her lover, and is fond of gambling and alchemy - into a decayed Venetian palazzo. An Italian servant disappears, and his wife receives a note containing one thousand pounds.
As the palazzo is transformed into a luxury hotel, all these strands begin to come together, yet strange and macabre events are occurring, and the dead seem unable to rest.
Contains notes on the text, Wilkie Collins`s life and works and a select bibliography.