false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168274792m/31341.jpg 31341 26 Time heals all wounds, unless, of course, you're a vampire. Cuts may heal, burns vanish, limbs reattach, but for the "blood god," the wounds of the heart sometimes stay open and raw for centuries. So it is for Marius, Anne Rice's oft-mentioned and beloved scholar. We've heard parts of his tale in past volumes of the Vampire Chronicles, but never so completely and never from his own lips. In <I>Blood and Gold</I>, Rice mostly (but not entirely) avoids the danger of treading worn ground as she fills out the life and character of Marius the Lonely, the Disenchanted, the Heartsick--a 2,000-year-old vampire "with all the conviction of a mortal man." <p> Plucked from his beloved Rome in the prime of his life and forced into solitude as keeper of the vampire queen and king, Marius has never forgiven the injustice of his mortal death. Thousands of years later, he still seethes over his losses. Immortality for Marius is both a blessing and a curse--he bears "witness to all splendid and beautiful things human," yet is unable to engage in relationships for fear of revealing his burden.<p> New readers to the Chronicles may wish for a more fleshed-out, less introspective hero, but Rice's legions of devoted fans will recognize <I>Blood and Gold</I> for what it is: a love song to Marius the Wanderer, whose story reveals the complexities and limitations of eternal existence. <I>--Daphne Durham</I> 2926067 book 2001 Blood and Gold (The Vampire Chronicles, #8) total:4420|5:83|4:47|3:75|2:22|1:1| 4420 16342 6538 123 5 0 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Dec 14 13:46:12 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 14:33:29 -0800 2008 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 bord...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:50:12 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 13:38:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 23:21:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 23:26:42 -0700 2009
I will never understand why Anne Rice, with all her years of writing experience, still has no idea how to drive a plot. This is essentially how this book works, and it holds true for most of her books:

Character #1: Hi, I'm terribly interesting.
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It was interesting to see his interactions w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:07:15 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:40:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 09:28:26 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 09:29:04 -0700 2009
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 sérÃ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 20:10:42 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:22:28 -0800 2009 Merely a supporting role prior, Marius is finally presented ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 21:24:27 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:44:37 -0700 2009 It is still the whiny - life as a vampires is so hard - and here I am with no helmet - type of stuff...
But as least this tale is spun against a fairly interesting backdrop.
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one of the oldest vampire tell his story! this book is very good but not for a begginer! at least read some...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 19 08:02:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 08:04:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Jan 31 23:24:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 23:44:49 -0800 2009 Blood and Gold is one of my favorite novel of the Vampire Chronicle Series. This story was very interesting exhilerating, and passionate. I really loved Marius character alot and his history was really fasinating. Anne Rice's writing is very beautiful. =)~]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jan 12 12:26:21 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:29:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu May 24 07:08:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 07:12:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Wed Mar 04 16:58:16 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:06:14 -0800 2009 2 0 true false Wed Jan 07 01:17:25 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 01:18:27 -0800 2009 1 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 20:56:16 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 20:59:57 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 07:43:25 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 07:45:09 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31341