Blood And Gold (The Vampire Chronicles, #8)

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Blood And Gold (The Vampire Chronicles #8)

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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 q...more

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Published November 7th 2002 by Arrow (first published January 1st 2001)

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Dec 14, 2008 Brianna rated it 5 of 5 stars

The first Anne Rice book I read was The Mummy or Ramses the Damned. I was in the 8th grade. I loved it, and tried to read Interview with the Vampire but never finished it.
Almost five years later, I was in Sestriere, Italy, a small mountain town outside of Torino, near the French and Swiss borders. I was there for almost a week, and it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my entire life. I could spend hundreds of words describing it all, but I'm getting off track. It was the e...more The first Anne Rice book I read was The Mummy or Ramses the Damned. I was in the 8th grade. I loved it, and tried to read Interview with the Vampire but never finished it.
Almost five years later, I was in Sestriere, Italy, a small mountain town outside of Torino, near the French and Swiss borders. I was there for almost a week, and it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my entire life. I could spend hundreds of words describing it all, but I'm getting off track. It was the end of my European jaunt with Nana, and I had exhausted the last of my cache of books on the train from Milan to Torino. I raided Nana's, and the only applealing option was the newest Anne Rice paperback, Blood and Gold.
I curled up in my bed with my new book, not exactly looking forward to it, but knowing it was better than nothing. But once I started, I couldn't stop, and finished it sometime around 4 am the next morning. I can't explain how I could suddenly be completely sucked in to this world, but when I got home, I raided my friend's collection of Vampire Chronicle books.
I've read them all, except Interview. That confuses many people, but I just can't get into it. All four main characters - Louis, Lestat, Claudia and Daniel - appear in other books, I'm familiar with the plot points, and don't think it's necessary. I just really don't think it's a very good book. I much prefer the characters' appearances in the other books.
I've loved many of the other selections in the series, but none quite as much as I love Blood and Gold. For me, it's the true last contribution to the Vampire Chronicles, even though two or three more books were published. (Those stories were Mayfair Witches crossovers, and I did not enjoy them very much.) It's Marius' story, and he and Armand are by far my favorite of the characters (followed closely by Lestat, who also plays a big role in Marius' story). Marius is very close to being the oldest vampire of the group, so his maturity and authority are to be expected. However, his immaturity and childishness are surprising elements, and those unforeseen qualities are some the reasons he is so interesting to read about. I've read it three times so far, and if I could give it another star, I would.(less)

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Apr 08, 2013 Lestatas rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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All I can say that I really loved this book. I finally knew all story of Marius and Bianca. I knew so much of characters I knew just names.

I remember scene with Zenobia that made me cry. It was so beautiful. And Bianca who saved Marius. And poor Armand. But mostly I paid attention on Marius and Pandora. They remind me of myself and girl I dated. She was real Pandora, and I was like Marius- begged her to stay with me, looked for her...butwe still broke up.

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Feb 07, 2013 Al rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Vampire Chronicles continue with Anne Rice's spellbinding new novel, in which the great vampire Marius returns. The golden-haired Marius, true Child of the Millennia, once mentor to The Vampire Lestat, always and forever the conscientious foe of the Evil Doer, reveals in his own intense yet inti- mate voice the secrets of his two-thousand-year existence. Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, kidnapped and made a "blood god" by the Druids, Marius becomes the embittered protector of Akasha an...more

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Oct 27, 2012 Delicious Strawberry rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: anne-rice, vampires

I was glad to pick up the tale of Marius. After reading about him in The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, along with Pandora, I was thrilled to read the back of this book with the synopsis. Of course, I had to buy it right away. I took it home and read it with eagerness. Ms. Rice's work is solid here and the story is very good, but while many parts are interesting to read, nearly half of it was repetition, and I wished that the Twins had been featured in this book more, especially Mekare....more

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Aug 04, 2012 Orphic {Ally} rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shall I say Marius de Romanus is my new favorite vampire, in all of his oozing sensuality? Why, yes.
Reading this book made me excited to reread The Vampire Chronicles. I have to admit, I actually found myself falling in love with Marius, or at least developing a crush on him, towards the end of the book. Oh, how I would gladly pin a poster of this Ancient Roman Blood Drinker to my wall if ever they made one of him.
Besides, Anne Rice's perpetual glorifying sensuality found so prominently in almo...more

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Jul 23, 2012 Cydalima rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ahora leí el que Rice considera su libro favorito pues narra la vida de Marius, quien para ella es su personaje más querido de Crónicas Vampíricas, según dice ella en su web. Como siempre, mi comentario está cegado por el amor que tengo por los libros de Anne, así que no hay mucha objetividad aquí.

Marius es un personaje interesante. Mucho. Su historia a través de los siglos me pareció muy entretenida y, lo confieso sin vergüenza alguna, lo que más ansiaba era leer su vida con Amadeo (Armand) en...more

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May 11, 2012 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm kind of glad I waited more than a year to read this book after having read the first eight, plus the Mayfair Witches book all pretty much right in a row. I think I would have found the parts where Marius is retelling things that Lestat told is in The Vampire Lestat and that Armand told us in The Vampire Armand rather boring and repetitive. As it was, it was a nice reminder of things I'd forgotten, and I was able to jump right back in without re-reading, which would have been quite the undert...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Max Ostrovsky rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, fantasy, fiction, historical, horror, mythology, pop

Another book-end story by Rice and no surprises. I'm determined to finish the series, but it is getting tedious. While this book seemed to have an easier prose than most of the Chronicle books (Body Thief aside), the lack of plot or tension or drama or really anything going on kept this book from a higher rating.
That said, and despite all that said, it was a page turner. Rice's prose in this volume is engaging and forward driven. While not much is actually going on, I was interested in what not...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Emma rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, borrowed

If you have read any of the Vampire Chronicles then you will largely know what to expect from this addition to the series. A Blood Drinker tells the story of their long life, including all the mortals they have loved, Blood Drinker’s they’ve encountered and vibrant cities they’ve travelled to.

In this instance the reader is introduced to Thorne, a Viking vampire who has been reawakened by the knowledge that his Maker, Maharet (of Queen of the Damned), still exists. He’s been buried in snow for m...more If you have read any of the Vampire Chronicles then you will largely know what to expect from this addition to the series. A Blood Drinker tells the story of their long life, including all the mortals they have loved, Blood Drinker’s they’ve encountered and vibrant cities they’ve travelled to.

In this instance the reader is introduced to Thorne, a Viking vampire who has been reawakened by the knowledge that his Maker, Maharet (of Queen of the Damned), still exists. He’s been buried in snow for many centuries and Marius, another vampire previously introduced in the Chronicles, takes him under his wing, gives him a bath, a coffin for the night and takes him out hunting. All of which is just a set-up for Thorne to plead with Marius to tell him his life story.

I have to say I do wonder why Anne Rice bothers with this sort of sandwiching of first person tales. The story of Thorne barely takes up fifteen per cent of the novel and it would be more than plausible for Marius simply to be compiling his memoirs – indeed he mentions throughout the narrative that he took to writing a diary anyway.

It doesn’t take much persuasion for Marius to begin talking and when he does the reader hears of how he lived in Ancient Rome and Constantinople, then Venice and Dresden, with intermittent periods of going to ground in the shrine of Those Who Must Be Kept.

The mother and father are a burden to his existence but one he is too fearful to relinquish or expose (though he seems incapable of keeping the secret anyway). He is also plagued by the regret that he left his love, Pandora, in a fit of anger following an argument and, as Maker’s and their offspring cannot hear each other thoughts, he cannot find her.

There is also a reoccurring cult of Vampires who believe they are there to serve the devil by doing evil – and therefore serving Christianity – and any vampire that doesn’t join them is a heretic and should be destroyed. Luckily Marius is very untouchable, he has great powers from getting to drink from the Queen and being so old in the Blood – or so he thinks.

All of this should make for a rich and interesting tale and, as always with Anne Rice, she paints a wonderful picture of time and place. However, I found it very hard to care what happened to Marius because he is simply not very likeable. He is pompous, patronizing, arrogant, short-sighted and – for all his scholarly ways – stupid. He declares his love for practically everyone and this diminishes the impact of his longing for Pandora. (view spoiler)

I also found two of the characters strangely inconsistent. Mael appears as an irrationally angry and resentful character, then he mellows, then he gets angry again and finally he is kind of calm. This could be accounted for by the huge amount of time that passes between his appearances but it still feels strange. Even more confusing is the strong-willed, determined character of Bianca who crumbles into a weeping, passive mess(view spoiler).

This is not one of the best in the series and I have to say I always get the sense Rice just wants to be writing about Lestat, though there were a couple of poignant images that stuck with me.
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Jul 28, 2011 Jane rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm quite surprised at how mixed the reviews are here as I thought this was yet another winner from Anne Rice!

Blood and Gold follows the history of Marius and his long and troubled existence as he travels and strives to keep his secret of 'Those Who Must be Kept' and forges relationships to keep him sane and to stave off his loneliness; from the peculiar bond with Mael and Avicus to the love and devotion of Amadeo and Bianca. For someone so strong Marius does a lot of running to save his secret...more

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Oct 18, 2012 Sandra rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love a story - a good story. I read to escape, yes but even then, even when I pick up a book with the intention of running away – I end up, well thinking about the book. I read to study, relate to or learn from characters, story lines plots, drama. I don’t read to just read, make my chalk mark and on to the next book.
I enjoy books that I can savor – take my time over, and I truly love sharing the reading experience – so when someone mentions a book they love, I’m apt to pick it up.
And so I d...more I love a story - a good story. I read to escape, yes but even then, even when I pick up a book with the intention of running away – I end up, well thinking about the book. I read to study, relate to or learn from characters, story lines plots, drama. I don’t read to just read, make my chalk mark and on to the next book.
I enjoy books that I can savor – take my time over, and I truly love sharing the reading experience – so when someone mentions a book they love, I’m apt to pick it up.
And so I did
Did I mention I love to savor a book? Blood and Gold failed me on that score – only in the context that I was up way too late at night reading this week. I didn’t start out that way – honestly. I was taking my time, watching the language, getting to know the character.
There was a particularly unnerving scene where an age old vampire is literally killed – the process very unpleasant. I’ll confess I tip-toed away from the book for a day or two – but I couldn’t stand it and had to “fine out what happens next.”
And then I became a train wreck. Up until midnight – then the next night up until one AM – people at work gave me pitying looks – the next night – okay I fell asleep but last night I finished it.
A. I’m in love with Marius
B. I hate Marius
The immortal who did not lose his “human soul.” Nor did he lose his humanity at all. His loves were incredible and I found myself on this roller coaster experience falling in love when he did, feeling dizzy – and then suddenly hitting a brick wall. A thick brick wall.
Now – only to stop my stoning from Marius fans – and I can only imagine they are many…I’m going to state right here a very personal fact. I have always and I will always love older men. I adore them. When in my twenties I denied in publicly – which only made me a public liar that is all. In my thirties I felt that my attraction to older men would fade. Nope. Now in my forties – that’s all I want to date and yes the few relationships I’ve had time for -they were older than me by 15 to 20 years.
Soooooo….
He used that young girl. And if you read the book – you know who I’m talking about (B) He fell in love with a young man, shipwrecked him, I felt, in his denial of her. He used her again – made her vampire – and then I thought - thought - mind you, at last, at last…but no. He deceived her – and a deceit is worse than a lie. A deceit is fear. A deceit is hedging your bet. He did not want to be alone - He use this young beautiful creature to get to the love of his life. If it doesn’t work out – well he still had someone who loved him. But love doesn’t work like that – she loved this older man, this teacher, brother, father, lover –she loved him so much she could not feel jealousy – she wanted him to have what he needed. She needed only one thing – loyalty – and he failed her.
Oh – I thought – oh so human and I began to hate that I was reading this book. Hate that this fantasy was too much like reality. I’ve been deceived and I have deceived and sitting there into the late hours of the night with an Anne Rice novel reminding me that ink and pen characters are just as pathetic as my own mind – well I might as well have been reading any paperback sporting the Pulitzer or the Nobel.
Does that mean I hated the book? No, I did not. Actually I enjoyed the book very very much. I took exception of some of the usage, characterization – I felt was not done with enough care. I saw the author in a few phrases and it unnerved me – but again only because I felt the character of Marius deserved more care.
It was a good read. And I found myself today, thinking of Marius – the different plots, the sub plots, his incredible intelligence, his vulnerability – bordering on naiveté – I thought of him while I walked under autumn colored leaves, and the deep blue sky. When a character gets into your head like that – it was a good book.
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Mar 02, 2009 Samara rated it 3 of 5 stars

The cover of this book really caught my attention since it pictures a slightly gay looking angel wrapped in a ribbon. Blood and Gold is the first of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles I have read and it’s not a let down. The style of the writing is romantic and detailed, or as my English teacher described it “curly q baroque” type writing. I’ll admit it’s not a short read at all and I took my time pondering the texture and words of the book. Marius the main character is complex and struggles with th...more The cover of this book really caught my attention since it pictures a slightly gay looking angel wrapped in a ribbon. Blood and Gold is the first of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles I have read and it’s not a let down. The style of the writing is romantic and detailed, or as my English teacher described it “curly q baroque” type writing. I’ll admit it’s not a short read at all and I took my time pondering the texture and words of the book. Marius the main character is complex and struggles with the positive and negative aspects of being a vampire in the Roman ages through the present. The thing I really like is that we don’t meet Marius until almost two chapters in. After which by certain circumstances another character meets Marius and asks for his life story. The settings pop out from the pages and into your head. Anne Rice swallows you up into ancient times.
Marius is a sort of ladies man but then again he is a vampire. He has many love interests in the book both male and female but his main flame is Pandora the woman he seeks all his life after fighting with her centuries ago. This is not THE Pandora that pops open the box, she's just a curious and drop dead gorgeous vampire. As Marius tells his life story he reveals the origins of the blood drinkers aka vampires. Basically he spends his life protecting the sleeping statues of the Blessed Mother Akasha and her mate Enkil. For Marius the chosen one he worships the immovable statues at their cold stone feet (literally).
The plot story in the sense of romance is very similar to Twilight. Boy meets girl, girl meets boy they spend a couple decades infatuated with each other then BOOM one little argument and they are separated for centuries only to repeat the cycle once again. Anyway the book is very well written and Rice is not shy when it comes to writing erotic scenes (although she isn't vulgar) some scenes made me blush. Overall it deals with a man-sure he's supernatural with the power of a god (or three) but nevertheless he is struggling to find his place in the very human world and finding love. At the end of the day isn’t that's what we're all looking for...minus the blood sucking desire and immortal flesh.
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Aug 07, 2012 Ulissae Efp rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

*possibili spoiler, anche se leggeri*

Come le precedenti "biografie" della saga, questo è un libro per appassionati. La struttura dei libri è la stessa: apertura con un personaggio nuovo, che spinge uno dei "famosi" a raccontare la sua storia, e che non ha poi gran senso con il 99% del libro; un finale che si ricollega alla saga, ma che solitamente lascia a bocca aperta e con un'enorme domanda in testa "ma che cazz..." e uno stile che immediatamente identifica l'autrice.

Sono rimasta stupita dal d...more *possibili spoiler, anche se leggeri*

Come le precedenti "biografie" della saga, questo è un libro per appassionati. La struttura dei libri è la stessa: apertura con un personaggio nuovo, che spinge uno dei "famosi" a raccontare la sua storia, e che non ha poi gran senso con il 99% del libro; un finale che si ricollega alla saga, ma che solitamente lascia a bocca aperta e con un'enorme domanda in testa "ma che cazz..." e uno stile che immediatamente identifica l'autrice.

Sono rimasta stupita dal diverso modo in cui il rapporto Marius/Armand(Amadeo) sia stato trattato in questo libro, rispetto a come era stato descritto nel racconto di Armand.
Qui sembra che l'unico pensiero fisso di Marius sia Pandora (non che la cosa mi spiaccia, visto che adoro quella vampira!), e che il rapporto con Armand sia totalmente spirituale o comunque incentrato molto sul concetto padre/figlio - tanto che il caro Marius passa ben oltre a quei racconti un po' più spinti a cui ci aveva abituato Armand.
A differenza di Armand, però, la storia di Marius sembra svelare un personaggio completamente diverso rispetto a quello che era emerso dai precedenti libri - o per lo meno è questa la sensazione che io ho avuto.

Mi rendo conto che a un pubblico italiano, che sin dalle elementari viene bombardato di informazioni sull'antica Roma e sul Rinascimento, le lunghe digressioni storiche possano sembrare oltre che un po' inutili (insomma, lo so cosa è la plebe!) anche generici, ma l'autrice si rivolge a un vasto numero di lettori che probabilmente hanno avuto un'educazione a questo tipo di storia molto meno dettagliata e quindi queste spiegazioni risultano necessarie per creare un minimo di background.

Il libro è consigliatissimo per chi è appassionato della saga, ma se già i primi tre libri non vi hanno entusiasmato... bhe, non fa per voi. Sicuramente è meno brillante di The Vampire Lestat (che è sicuramente la biografia meglio riuscita), ma il personaggio di Marius merita cinque stelle a mio parere, nonostante le due note negative:
1. Anche qui non si capisce come mai Pandora sia diventata così... "passiva", insomma, come mai sia cambiata così tanto.
2. Il finale. Spero che nel prossimo libro si chiarisca qualcosa, perché tutto quello che ho capito è che Thorne ha ucciso Santino (e qui inseriamo un immenso CHE COSA?!) e che i suoi occhi ora li sta usando Maharet. Nonostante questo, però, mi è sembrato che i due, creatura e creatrice, ora siano felici e contenti (anche se lui cieco e incatenato), ma potrei sbagliare ò_______ò (less)

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Jul 29, 2011 Titus Hjelm added it · review of another edition

Not the worst (see 'Memnoch' for that) but certainly the most boring of all the Chronicles so far. I pretty much gave up on the series after 'Queen', but since I bought the whole lot, I'm wading through it still. However, it took me this long to realise that the problem with Rice's writing is that there is no beginning, middle and end. Funnily enough, real life biographies have more sense of a dramatic arch than this book, for example. The 'exotic' settings have become old hat pretty much since...more

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Jul 24, 2011 dragonhelmuk added it · review of another edition

£7 on Kindle - The first Anne Rice story I have read, this is an excellent book. Unlike some of the other reviewers I found the early part of the tale; which dealt with the fully formed characters of the millennium vampires moving through my Ancient World; much more interesting than the second half. That's probably good for me because I'm sure their stories are told elsewhere. I'll have to remember how powerful Marius is though I think. It doesn't take long until everyone he meets seems to worsh...more

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Jan 31, 2010 Bookworms rated it 1 of 5 stars

Now, however, I am quite honest really quite for years a loyal fan of Anne Rice and her vampire chronicles, so slowly I would like to spend on her new books no more money. They are not simply worth it any more. High song of the book was very disappointing. If one knows only the vampire chronicles as well as me, it is not to be kept in this book often so quite simply with her witch things the overview. There so many ne names and characters.

To the history can be only said: Boringly and a vampire’s...more

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Feb 02, 2010 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Lisa by: Jade Brelsford

Shelves: 2010

A melancholy walk through ancient history in the company of Marius, the two thousand year old vampire known and loved by both Lestat and Armand.

The history again is the main draw for me in this instalment (and what I felt was largely missing from Merrick), as we get to see the rise and fall of great civilizations as well as their cultures and art through the eyes of the more intellectual and learned of Rice's vampires.

There were moments when I felt like we were revisiting old themes a little too...more

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Aug 20, 2011 Rob rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I picked this book up last week on a whim and started reading. I had not read much by Anne Rice in a long time because I had not found a book that I could get into for a long time either. I started this book a week ago this evening and could not really put it down. I was amazed at Rice's descriptions of not only the characters, but the scenery and the time periods. I felt as though I was there at certain points as I was reading. The book, at least in part sucked me into itself. Marius and his lo...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Angrymog rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Marius de Romanus is definitely one of the best characters of the Vampire Chronicles and, along with Louis, is my favorite. With that said, I was anxious to read this book, which details the life of this Child of the Millenia. However, the trip that I had anticipated was not what I got in the end.

Contradictions between this book and The Vampire Armand are some of the things that annoy me the most, especially since both stories are deeply intertwined. Bianca as a character has no appeal to me, T...more

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Apr 13, 2011 Michela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Granted Anne Rice is definitely not for everybody but I, personally, really enjoyed this book.
The historical fiction elements were accurate(I would know I study ancient history), and the plot was insightful yet not dull. The characters developed well and the overall plot was good classic Rice. I enjoyed the new characters introduced and the reflections of previous stories through different eyes. Despite it's good language and fantastic plot, the book is not one of my favourite favourites as I t...more

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Aug 05, 2009 Kirk rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Aug 09, 2011 Wendie Collins added it · review of another edition

This is a great book. I love the story of Marius, his sacrifices and history etc. It gives a better perspective of why he abandoned Armand. It really sort of bothered me that there were so many unanswered questions in the Armand tale. This book makes me crave for more Bianca! Now that I wrote this, I see that my fellow Anne Rice fans agree! I too would love to listen to Marius share his life with me by a warm fire. I could listen for hours! Thorne is a lucky blood drinker to be so privileged. Th...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Chelsea rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is the most enriching when it comes to being lost in the vampire chronicles world. It is great for anyone that hasn't read the whole series because it explains everything about the supernatural world according to Anne Rice, unlike the previous books before this. it was a bit boring in some parts, but in all it was worth it and i enjoyed this book.

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Jun 28, 2009 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Aug 10, 2011 Bobby rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What a gift it is to read an Anne Rice book, my only regret is that now I've finished it brings me one step closer to having read all of her vampire books. Each page flows with Anne Rice's rich dark elegant descriptions. On top of all the beauty this book has to offer it also gives a great history lesson. The story did have lagging moments, Marius does a lot of moping. I would have liked if more had been done with the Black Death. Bianca was a likeable character before turning into a vampire; th...more

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Jul 26, 2009 April Karg rated it 5 of 5 stars

I can't believe I waited so long to read this book. I was so happy to finally get the story of Marius The Roman! You get pieces to the puzzle in almost every book in the series, but you never really understand why he acts/reacts the way he does. He is the most selfish and sensitive character by far. My favorite book of this series was always "Queen of the Damned". This book describes in detail the making of the vampires, and what lead to the mother Akasha to finally lose it. The part that always...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Eyehavenofilter rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: to-trade, vampire

This is truly Marius's opus as we follow him through the ages, loving and leaving one famous and infamous person after another. Can a vampire really love another more than himself? This question is never really answered here.Marius is smitten by Pandora, Botticelli, and dozens of others and has to leave them all behind, in one way or another.
He slogs through the Black Death with out a mark( he's a vamp after all he's already dead right?) Even a plague of that magnitude won't slow our beauteous b...more

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Aug 05, 2009 Mazel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

De tous les vampires imaginés par Anne Rice, Marius est sans doute le plus civilisé, le plus raffiné.

Philosophe et artiste, mentor de Lestat et Armand qui, comparés à lui, font figure d'enfants turbulents, gardien d'Enkil et Akasha, il émane de lui une sorte de sagesse et de sérénité. Peut-être cela s 'explique t-il par le fait qu'il a été un témoin privilégié de la grandeur et la décadence de l'Empire romain, a assisté à l'épanouissement de Constantinople, puis découvert la Renaissance italien...more

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Jan 27, 2012 Synergy rated it 2 of 5 stars

I've read all the books beginning from the Vampire Lestat which is my favorite of the lot so far. But anyway, having read them, I kind of knew what to expect from this one but seriously, I think it's getting worse..
The ending felt like, "oh yeah I forgot, I got to connect the story back to the present so lemme stretch the story a bit here, add a confounding element there and... voila! That's it. Thanks for taking time to read!" I mean come on... this was Marius... Marius. One of the more impecca...more

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Mar 18, 2011 Sandra rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Marius used to be one of my favourite characters but after reading this book, I have realized he is quite boring. He is one of the oldest vampires, but he still doesn't know what he wants: he wants Pandora but he wants her gone when she is with him; he 'loves' Bianca but doesn't want to turn her until it becomes convenient for him; he 'falls in love' with Armand but he screws him over... Royaly. It is the actions (or the lack of actions) after Armand is taken from him, that I realized Marius lov...more

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