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WithPandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold. Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures--a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power. In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio is seduced by the vampire Ursula, the most beautiful of his supernatural enemies. As he sets out in pursuit of vengeance, entering the nightmarish Court of the Ruby Grail, increasingly more enchanted (and confused) by his love for the mysterious Ursula, he finds himself facing demonic adversaries, war and political intrigue. Against a backdrop of the wonders--both sacred and profane--and the beauty and ferocity of Renaissance Italy, Anne Rice creates a passionate and tragic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-100375405682
ISBN-139780375405686
eBay Product ID (ePID)1143901
Product Key Features
Publication Year1999
TopicHorror, General, Historical
Book TitleVittorio the Vampire
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorAnne Rice
Book SeriesNew Tales of the Vampires Ser.
FormatCompact Disc
Dimensions
Item Height1in
Item Length4.9in
Item Weight6.6 Oz
Item Width5.7in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Sensuous . . . Its intensity never flags." --Los Angeles Times "MASTERFUL . . . A STORY ILLUMINATED WITH THE METAPHOR OF GOLD, DRENCHED IN HELLISH DARKNESS AND DRIPPING WITH BLOOD." --USA Today "[A] LUSHLY DESCRIBED STORY OF HOW VITTORIO DI RINIARI BECAME A VAMPIRE . . . In the year 1450, he witnesses the massacre of his entire family by a band of demons. Fleeing from the primal scene, he follows the fiends in search of vengeance, and instead is overcome by the devastatingly beautiful 'strega,' the bare-shouldered Ursula. His desire for revenge--and his desire for Ursula--propels him in a dizzy descent to religion's darkest side." --Publishers Weekly "ANOTHER ENCHANTING PRETERNATURAL TALE . . . SUPERBLY WRITTEN AND ENGAGING." --Associated Press "VITTORIO is set against a magnificent backdrop of history and lore. An opulent feast for the imagination, the lust and passion of the early fourteenth century come to life in Rice's vivid prose." --Rocky Mountain News "A READER'S DELIGHT." --Philadelphia Inquirer, "Sensuous . . . Its intensity never flags." --Los Angeles Times "MASTERFUL . . . A STORY ILLUMINATED WITH THE METAPHOR OF GOLD, DRENCHED IN HELLISH DARKNESS AND DRIPPING WITH BLOOD." --USA Today "[A] LUSHLY DESCRIBED STORY OF HOW VITTORIO DI RINIARI BECAME A VAMPIRE . . . In the year 1450, he witnesses the massacre of his entire family by a band of demons. Fleeing from the primal scene, he follows the fiends in search of vengeance, and instead is overcome by the devastatingly beautiful 'strega,' the bare-shouldered Ursula. His desire for revenge--and his desire for Ursula--propels him in a dizzy descent to religion's darkest side." --Publishers Weekly "ANOTHER ENCHANTING PRETERNATURAL TALE . . . SUPERBLY WRITTEN AND ENGAGING." --Associated Press "VITTORIO is set against a magnificent backdrop of history and lore. An opulent feast for the imagination, the lust and passion of the early fourteenth century come to life in Rice's vivid prose." --Rocky Mountain News "A READER'S DELIGHT." --Philadelphia Inquirer From the Paperback edition.
Series Volume NumberBK. 2
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition
