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Feb 27, 2001 | ISBN 9780345422392 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Mar 08, 1999 | ISBN 9780375401602 Buy
Nov 17, 2010 | ISBN 9780307575944 Buy
Jul 04, 2000 | 423 Minutes Buy
Jul 04, 2000 | 183 Minutes Buy
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Feb 27, 2001 | ISBN 9780345422392
Mar 08, 1999 | ISBN 9780375401602
Nov 17, 2010 | ISBN 9780307575944
Jul 04, 2000 | ISBN 9780375418389
423 Minutes
Jul 04, 2000 | ISBN 9780375418372
183 Minutes
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 beautiful and sinister vampire Ursula—setting in motion a chilling chain of events that will mark his life for eternity. 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.
With Pandora, 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.
ANNE RICE is the author of thirty-six books, including the fifteen books in the Vampire Chronicles series. She lives in La Quinta, California.
"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
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