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  <title><![CDATA[The Mummy]]></title>
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  <default-description>Ramses the Great has reawakened in opulent Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. He becomes the close companion of a voluptuous heiress, Julie Stratford, but his cursed past again propels him toward disaster. He is tormented by searing memories of his last reawakening, at the behest of Cleopatra, his beloved queen of Egypt. And his intense longing for her, undiminished over the centuries, will force him to commit an act that will place everyone around him in the gravest danger...&quot;Rice succeeds masterfully in blending horror and romance. Ramses is a fascinating character, heroic, yet tragically flawed by his human desires&quot; - &quot;Atlanta Journal&quot;.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1989</original-publication-year>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book...couldn't put it down once I started it.  I really wish she would have done a series out of this story.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably my favorite Anne Rice book of all time, and I'm disappointed that she did decided not to write a sequel. This is the book that kicked off my fascination with Ancient Egypt, a subject I've never formally studied, and had honestly not even given a second thought before reading this. 15 years ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24343179">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can't believe it took me so long to read this one. There are only one or two of Rice's books that I haven't liked, but this one was classic Rice. She captures the historical mood perfectly, the grandeur and romance and mystery, the eroticism that is somehow woven into every scene, without being trit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8400014">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1989</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Mummy:  Ramses the Damned - VG<br/>Anne Rice - Standalone<br/><br/>Ramses the Great has awakened in Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. Although he pursues v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10701617">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second time I have read this book, as the last time was years ago. The story is different then any mummy tale I have seen to date. It deals more so with immortality then raising the dead, and the emotional turmoil that accompanies being immortal. <br/><br/>The Story moves quickly and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11408243">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will admit that I approached this book with a great deal of trepidation after being warned about Anne Rice's writing style but I am happy to say that I enjoyed it much more than I thought would be possible. As far as the writing style, I enjoyed the detail included in the novel and found the two m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49718208">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A rich old archaeologist digs up the mummy of Ramses the Third, a former great king of Egypt and rumored immortal. Despite all the written warnings in the tomb, the archeologist takes the mummy to his home in England, where slowly but surely Ramses awakens from his 2000 year slumber. The inevitable ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73079408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pengusaha terkenal dari Inggris, Lawrence Stratford berhasil menemukan makam/ mummy Ramses kedua alias Ramses Terkutuk. Sayanngnya sebelum dia berhasil mengungkap misteri mummy tersebut dia dibunuh oleh keponakannya yang haus harta, disaksikan oleh mummy yang masih terbungkus erat di petinya. Putri ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5625453">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Egyptian King Ramses, made immortal in his youth, is awakened from self-imposed dormancy in 1914 by an English archaeologist who is murdered shortly after unearthing him. He is sent to London to be put on display at the archeologist's home. When the murderer tries to kill the archaeologist daughter,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54388116">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just had to read this again. I read a lot of Anne Rice in college to break up my &quot;have-to-reads&quot;, and this was my favorite one. It is NOT based on the movies with Brandon Fraser. This is completely different and much better! If you love Edward in Twilight, you will love the main hero. He...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50364170">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Le pharaon Ramsès ressuscité dans l'Angleterre de 1914, voilà la folle histoire que nous propose Anne Rice ! <br/><br/>L'absorption d'un élixir l'ayant rendu immortel, Ramsès - rebaptisé Docteur Ramsey pour plus de discrétion - découvre le monde moderne. <br/><br/>Mais le souvenir de la ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66299731">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48806973">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book a long time ago for book club.  The youngest member of our club picked it and I'm sure we older members were not so sure we would be able to get through it. It was my first Anne Rice novel and I could not believe how much I enjoyed this adventure! What a ride! And that Mummy, oh my!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48806973">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended by a coworker--not as scary as some of her others are supposed to be (good for me!!), although the second half gets a little creepy. An early 20th century amateur archaeologist discovers the tomb of Ramses the Great, but is then murdered by his nephew for money. Turns out that Ramses isn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56462157">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love anything that has to do with Egypt, and this book was an amazing find. Ms. Rice channels the romance of Victorian England as well as the passion of Ancient Egypt. I was disappointed to learn that it does not belong in a series, it would make a good basis for one. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like this book, bought as special deal at the airport. Like her writing style, almost gothic which does make a refreshing change even though I know she wrote these a long time ago. Glad I discovered her by chance will make my way through the collection.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not one of my favourites. Compared to the Vampire Chronicles, this book felt forced and failed to engage my attention or interest. The ides is interesting; it just fails to deliver that &quot;umph&quot; to make the reader care about the characters.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 01 15:23:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 01 15:25:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books by Anne Rice. The book doesn't follow a vampire or a witch, and is not part of series. The writing is classic Anne Rice, full of details and dimensional characters. A fairly quick read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 25 05:49:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 25 05:53:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first Anne Rice book I read and I fell in love with her descriptions and plot pacing.  I went on to read a lot more of her books and am seldom disappointed. This is one of my favorites.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 17 10:31:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 17 10:32:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[really.. it took me this long to figure out I owned the book and never read it.  Now i'm sad that AR isn't continuing to write this type of novel.  i'd like to see Ramses the &quot;not so&quot; damned.. pt2.]]></body>
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    <review id="46074184">
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    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Flagstaff, AZ]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 15:16:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 11:06:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ a much more fun read than the vampire books.  A period piece with historical flashbacks--you'd swear Anne Rice could write :-)<br/><br/>People who like Elizabeth Peters will adore this one.]]></body>
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