Snow Posted December 2, 2005 Report Posted December 2, 2005 Just finished Tom Holland's Lord of the Dead...Vampire tale like Anne Rice's, maybe better. The author is scholarly with lots of historical details. He has a very clever idea in that his main character and vampire is Lord Byron, the English Poet. Byron's friends - the poet Shelley and his wife Mary Shelly (author of Frankenstein), and John Polidori (author of The Vampyre). The author has done his homework and weaves fascinating true details to a story of the undead. Take a look at this link to get a sense of the true detail Holland had to work with: http://pluto.scs.ryerson.ca/~monica/polidori.htmAnd that only part of it. In a way I liked it better than Anne Rice - without her overripe and flowery prose that almost drowns in indulgence. Parts bothered me - Byron's endless whining about the loss of his mortality, his constant wish-washyness.Still, if you are a fan of the genre, you ought to read it. It got very strong reviews - and is available in paperback of coursehttp://www.bookpage.com/9602bp/fiction/lordofthedead.html Quote
Lindy Posted December 2, 2005 Report Posted December 2, 2005 Thanks Snow....I just ordered a copy, and look forward to it. Thanks for the review :) Quote
Setheus Posted December 2, 2005 Report Posted December 2, 2005 So which of these characters would Lord Byron most likley get along with... Lestat de Lioncourt Louis de Pan du Lac Marius de Rominus and/or Armadeo Claudia or my favorite.....Memnoch the devil Quote
Guest sugarbay Posted December 3, 2005 Report Posted December 3, 2005 Originally posted by Soulsearcher+Dec 2 2005, 12:05 PM--><!--QuoteBegin-Setheus@Dec 2 2005, 10:50 AMSo which of these characters would Lord Byron most likley get along with...Lestat de LioncourtLouis de Pan du LacMarius de Rominus and/or ArmadeoClaudiaor my favorite.....Memnoch the devil←With out reading the book he sounds quite a lot like Louis, doesn't mean they's get along though. Sounds like he might get the most patience from Memnoch←LeStat, hands down. B) Quote
stellati Posted December 4, 2005 Report Posted December 4, 2005 Vampire books? Have you guys read The Historian? By Elizabeth Kostova? Interesting, I thought. Quote
Lindy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Posted December 4, 2005 Originally posted by Setheus@Dec 2 2005, 10:50 AMSo which of these characters would Lord Byron most likley get along with...Lestat de Lioncourt←May not be your favorite...but I have to vote Lestat too! Quote
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