false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221011425m/33535.jpg 33535 8 As Nina Auerbach writes in the <i>New York Times</i>, " Stephen King assumes we hate vampires; Anne Rice makes it safe to love them, because they hate themselves. Kim Newman suspects that most of us live with them . . . . <i>Anno Dracula</i> is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead." In this first of what looks to be an excellent series, Victorian England has vampires at every level of society, especially the higher ones, and they engage in incessant intrigue, power games, and casual oppression of the weak--activities, as we know, that are all too human. Numerous characters from literature and from history appear in both major and cameo roles. Spectacular fight scenes, stormy politics, and a serial vampire killer keep the action lively. A scholarly bibliography is included. 1731834 book 1992 Anno Dracula total:359|5:115|4:123|3:90|2:23|1:8| 359 1391 602 59 4 4 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 04:04:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 06:34:37 -0700 2008
The twin premise here is that Dracula was not defeated at the end of Bram Stoker'...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 27 10:47:41 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 10:51:25 -0700 2007
Any story that involves Jack the Ripper AND vampires, I am so there. This was...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Mar 19 09:44:18 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 09:46:42 -0700 2008
It's obvious that the author had a lot of fun writing this, and I had just as much reading it. Historical fact mixed with Newman's particular sense of whimsy a...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 20 18:59:26 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 19:41:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 08:14:09 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 08:01:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 13 07:16:49 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 26 07:50:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 17:19:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 17:28:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 09 04:55:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 06:34:01 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:03:17 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 00:04:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 02:12:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 02:17:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:31:29 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:58:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 08:31:40 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 12:05:23 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:31:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Feb 12 08:35:51 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 11:44:57 -0800 2009
The premise of the book is t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 06 06:03:10 -0800 2009 Mon May 11 18:18:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 12 07:31:28 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 07:34:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 06:35:08 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 14:55:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 12:00:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 12:03:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 14 10:04:56 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 10:05:29 -0700 2007 Anno Dracula. Imagine a world where the Fearless Vampire Hunters failed and Dracula survived. Now imagine that the Romanian Count became the Prince Consort to ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Mar 05 06:37:17 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:42:19 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Jun 07 16:14:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 16:17:11 -0700 2009 roman a cleffian insider jokes about Victorian lit, but that would be a one-trick pony of a book, and this is more: the plot is pretty suspenseful, and the twist at the end is pretty awesome. Queen Victoria. Dog collar. That's all I'm saying.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=33535