Lord Of The Dead

[Snow]

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.htm

And 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 course

http://www.bookpage.com/9602bp/ficti...ofthedead.html

[Lindy]

Thanks Snow....I just ordered a copy, and look forward to it. Thanks for the review

[Setheus]

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

Originally posted by Soulsearcher+Dec 2 2005, 12:05 PM-->

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

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LeStat, hands down.

[stellati]

Vampire books? Have you guys read The Historian? By Elizabeth Kostova? Interesting, I thought.

[Lindy]

Originally posted by Setheus@Dec 2 2005, 10:50 AM
So which of these characters would Lord Byron most likley get along with...

Lestat de Lioncourt

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May not be your favorite...but I have to vote Lestat too!