The Vampyre by Tom Holland
This story takes the form of a memoir revealing that Byron, the 18th-century poet and rake, was also the greatest vampire of his age. His journeys take him from Turkey to Venice and eventually back to modern London to meet the nemesis of his last surviving descendant.
'A classical alternative to the traditional tale, Byron himself would have been pleased by such an eerie, erudite addition to his myth' TIME OUT'Ingenious and entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES'A powerfully atmospheric tale' COMPANY'A tour de force of scholarship and gothicity' LOS ANGELES TIMES'A damned good story' INDEPENDENT'This is a story of mixed hates and loves, passionate natures and excluding the first chapter, which being set in the present is necessarily excluded, a good pastiche of 19th century writing' AUSTRALIAN SF NEWS'An atmospheric slice of Modern Gothic and an entertaining alternative literary history.' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS'It's an unusually rich world, populated with the undead and their vicious, cruel pleasures.' LANCASHIRE EVENING POST
Tom Holland lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349113623 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349113629 |
| Title | The Vampyre |
| Author | Tom Holland |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2000-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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