The Vampire Armand

Follows the story of Armand across the centuries, from his boyhood in ancient Kiev to his relationship with the great vampire Marius, as he struggles to choose between immortality and his eternal soul.

ISBN 0345409272   Pages 387 ISBN13 9780345409270 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Random House USA Inc   Weight (grammes) 363 Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.   Published in New York Format Paperback   Series title Vampire Chronicles (Paperback) Publication date 01 Aug 1999   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress 99090163   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 813.54   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General

"VIVID, EVOCATIVE."--USA Today "ARMAND'S LIFE UNFOLDS IN RICH, VELVETY PROSE. . . . THIS IS A SUMPTUOUS ADDITION TO THE SERIES."--Library Journal "ANNE RICE FANS WILL NO DOUBT BE THRILLED. . . . [Armand] until now has played a small role in the Vampire Chronicles. Here he assumes center stage, relating his five hundred years of life to fledgling vampire David Talbot, who plays amanuensis to Armand as he did to Lestat. . . . It's not just the epic plot but Rice's voluptuary worldview that's the main attraction. . . . Elegant narrative has always been her hallmark. . . . Rice is equally effective in showing how Armand eventually loses his religion and becomes 'the vagabond angel child of Satan, ' living under the Paris cemeteries and founding the Grand Guignol-ish Theatre des Vampires. In the twentieth century, a rehabilitated Armand regains his faith but falls in love with two children who save his life. By the conclusion of Armand, the pupil has become the mentor."--The Washington Post "A FASCINATING AND DAZZLING HISTORICAL TAPESTRY . . . BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, INCREDIBLY ABSORBING."--Booklist "LAVISHLY POETIC . . . THE FINAL SCENE IS A STUNNER."--Publishers Weekly

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