The Vampire: His Kith and Kin

By Montague Summers

The Vampire: His Kith and Kin is an academic study of vampires. Its author, Montague Summers, was at one time an Anglican priest, although his later religious affiliation and status is unknown. Summers takes his study of the occult very seriously, genuinely believing that vampires, werewolves, witches and the like exist and citing evidence from a wide variety of sources. Although he has some odd beliefs, his writing often feels rambly, and he has a frustrating tendency to quote large stretches of works in multiple foreign languages without translation, he does put forth many insightful ideas and connections about the history of vampire lore and fiction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781105932625

Montague Summers

Augustus Montague Summers (1880–1948) was an English author and clergyman born in Bristol. Despite initially studying to work for the Church of England, Summers converted to Catholicism and worked as a teacher of English and Latin. He’s well-known for his studies of the supernatural, and his most notable works are History of Witchcraft and Demonology, 1926, and his 1928 translation of the 15th century manual for witch hunters, the Malleus Maleficarum.