History of the Necronomicon

About “History of the Necronomicon”

"History of the Necronomicon" is a short text written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1927 and published in 1938. It presents itself as a non-fiction account of the fictional Necronomicon, an occult grimoire that appears in several of Lovecraft's stories. The text aims to give the Necronomicon a sense of real-world history, enhancing the pseudo-authenticity of his Cthulhu Mythos. It also links the Necronomicon to Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, suggesting that the Necronomicon inspired the mysterious and dangerous book in Chambers' work. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)