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Blood and Gold: The Vampire Marius (The vampire chronicles) Book

With Blood and Gold, Anne Rice is firing on all cylinders again, producing the kind of heady mix that distinguishes her best work: a bizarre mélange of gothic horror, overripe romanticism and a genuinely poetic vision that is very much her own. This latest vampire novel boasts all the Rice specialities, notably a moody, patrician vampire protagonist. Marius, from a noble family (and a distinguished scholar), is one of the oldest of all vampires, his origins lost in the mist of ancient Rome, in the time of the Emperor Augustus. But all of his encounters over the centuries have not prepared him for his meeting in the present day with a sinister being of snow and ice. The northern vampire Thorne is seeking Maharet, his "maker", a centuries-old Egyptian vampire queen whose unbreakable hold over him rests in chains made of her red hair. As the Visigoths looted and pillaged, Marius looked on; he strode the decadence of the Roman empire, still seeking his lost love Pandora, but was later beguiled by Renaissance beauty Bianca, and the boy Amadeo. Rice, as usual, intertwines her diverse and complex narratives, keeping a massive cast of characters always alive for the reader. But the emphasis here is on the brilliantly created Marius, in thrall to Pandora and his alter ego Mael. As Rice conjures him, Marius may be the most distinctive protagonist in all her fiction. Throughout the seven volumes of the Vampire Chronicles, and most notably in such recent books as Memnoch the Devil and Merrick, Rice showed that she would never be content to repeat herself. Blood and Gold is further evidence of her willingness to tackle new areas in her colossal vampiric mythos.--Barry ForshawRead More

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    Here is the gorgeous and sinister story of Marius patrician by birth scholar by choice one of the oldest vampires of them all which sweeps from his genesis in ancient Rome in the time of the Emperor Augustus to his meeting in the present day with a creature of snow and ice. Thorne is a Northern vampire in search of Maharet his 'maker' the ancient Egyptian vampire queen who holds him and others in thrall with chains made of her red hair 'bound with steel and with her blood and gold.' When the Visigoths sack his city Marius is there; with the resurgence of the glory that was Rome he is there still searching for his lost love Pandora but bewitched in turn by Botticelli the Renaissance beauty Bianca with her sordid secrets and the boy he calls Amadeo (otherwise known as the Vampire Armand). Criss-crossing through the stories of other vampires from Rice's glorious Pantheon of the undead haunted by Pandora and by his alter ego Mael tracked by the Talamasca the tale of Marius the self-styled guardian of 'those who must be kept' is the most wondrous and mind-blowing of them all.

  • 0099271494
  • 9780099271499
  • Anne Rice
  • 7 November 2002
  • Arrow Books Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 752
  • New edition
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