In 1871, under anonymous cover, the writer-politician Edward Bulwer-Lytton published the novella Vril: The Power of the Coming Race. Bulwer-Lytton is now most famous for coining the phrase “The pen is ...
The interior of London’s famed Royal Albert Hall had been transformed into another world. Exotic imagery adorned the walls, and winged creatures hung from the ceiling; even the attendees themselves ...