Vittorio the Vampire: New Tales of the Vampires
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375401601 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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. 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.Look for Anne Rice’s new book, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, coming November 29, 2016.. With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels
Roquelaure. Tired of the same old vampires? Check out Anne Rice's new race of undead bloodsuckers, independent of the Lestat series. Rice has called Vittorio her vampire version of Romeo and Juliet. --Tim Appelo. The gorgeous Ursula spares Vittorio to make him her reluctant undying sweetheart. blood), as angry with the child-sacrificing humans as he is with Florian's fang gangsters. Rice urges readers to enter Vittorio's world by reading the sources she embroiders, Fra Filippo Lippi and Public Life in Renaissance Florence, and to get a feel for the scary communion Vittorio sees in the Court of the Ruby Grail by listening to All Souls' Vespers. Florence is to Vittorio what New Orleans is to Interview with the Vampire. Vittorio flees to the creepy town of Santa Maddalana, which has made a pact to sacrifice its young to Lord Florian's vampire
jbucella@aol.com said A gentle version of a continental vampire. Anne Rice, has truly woven a tale of vampires distinctively different from Lestat and Armand. Anne Rice captivated an audience with her talent as a storyteller in Interview of a Vampire. With Vittorio she mesmerizes her audience with her talent as a storyweaver. With meticulous detail to the art and artists of Florence, she paints characters and settings t. A Customer said Not what I've come to expect from Anne Rice. I am a fan of Anne Rice's books, there is no doubt about it. After all I have loyally purchased every single one of them and enjoyed most of them very much. Lately, though, I have begun to suspect that the author is running out of ideas and beginning to repeat certain parts of her stories, simply placed into another time period. After all, how much can you. "Good entertaining read." according to The Old Philosopher. We've been reading and enjoying Ann Rice's vampire novels for a few years now. "Vittorio the Vampire" is one of the more recently written ones. In "Vittorio," Rice departs from the usual list of characters, Armand, Pandora, Lestat, etc., to introduce another and only slightly related branch of the vampire family. Vittorio was the son of a rich noble family