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The Vampire Armand (Vampire Chronicles)
by: Anne Rice

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099271475
ISBN: 0099271478
Label: Arrow Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Arrow Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 520
Publication Date: October 07, 1999
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Studio: Arrow Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 17213

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
In The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice returns to her indomitable Vampire Chronicles and recaptures the gothic horror and delight she first explored in her classic tale Interview with the Vampire . The story begins in the aftermath of Memnoch the Devil. Vampires from all over the globe have gathered around Lestat, who lies prostrate on the floor of a cathedral. Dead? In a coma? As Armand reflects on Lestat's condition, he is drawn by David Talbot to tell the story of his own life. The narrative abruptly rushes back to 15th-century Constantinople, and the Armand of the present recounts the fragmented memories of his childhood abduction from Kiev. Eventually, he is sold to a Venetian artist (and vampire), Marius. Rice revels in descriptions of the sensual relationship between the young and still-mortal Armand and his vampiric mentor. But when Armand is finally transformed, the tone of the book dramatically shifts. Raw and sexually explicit scenes are displaced by Armand's introspective quest for a union of his Russian Orthodox childhood, his hedonistic life with Marius, and his newly acquired immortality. These final chapters remind one of the archetypal significance of Rice's vampires; at their best, Armand, Lestat, and Marius offer keen insights into the most human of concerns.

The Vampire Armand is richly intertextual; readers will relish the retelling of critical events from Lestat and Louis's narratives. Nevertheless, the novel is very much Armand's own tragic tale. Rice deftly integrates the necessary back-story for new readers to enter her epic series, and the introduction of a few new voices adds a fresh perspective--and the promise of provocative future installments. --Patrick O'Kelley

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Another in depth look at another Vampire
Ann Rice has done it again. This book covers the life of the Vampire Armand. Armands story touchs on all of the other books Vampires we have been introduced to in the previous 5 books. And intergrates them well. The book starts off strong and ends weak. You will not want to put this book down for the first two-thirds. I espically love the parts when we follows Armands life as a Vampire in Venice. And we follow him to Rome where we learn how he becomes the master of the Paris Coven. After this there is long jumps in history. Of course, it leaves us needing more books....for the story is obviously not over...

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- Has to be read by all fans
Anne Rice has written another beautiful story. Yes it may be a bit long for some, but surely Armand, one of the most intriguing and alluring vampires deserves it. I fell in love with Armand when i first heard of him in Interview with a Vampire but I always wanted to know more, my prayers were answered by this book. It explains why Armand is the way he is. It is a tragic story, everything he loves seems to always be taken away from him. Many people have commented on the [...] scenes of the book, but if anything they are not that frequent or lengthy in my opinion, and though they may make some feel uncomfortable I think they are both beautifully writtne and important to the story, without them Armand's relationship with Marius would not have been ... Read More:

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- Beautifully written
This is the first Anne Rice novel I read, and now I'm hooked. You get completely sucked into to the fantasy without it seeming like science fiction. I found I also became mezmorised by the setting in old-fashioned Venice. The only weakness I could find was that, like all Anne Rice novels, it took me ages to read. It all starts to feel so real, I actually cried at one point, and only one other book has made me do that. A MUST read.

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- nesecary, but by no means the best.
Being a fan of Anne Rice since borrowing a copy of interview with the vampire, i was delighted with the idea of fillng in the gaps of the first three books in the series. however links to the following books in the series left me confused as i have not yet read them.
in my oppinon Armand is the most intriguing vampire in the series, (with Lestat obviously being the most exiting). But too much time was spent on his origin and the following accounts of his life as a human with the legendary Marius, and not enough time spent accounting for his life as the leader of the children of darkness and the theatre of the vampires. Also the sexual scenes and general undercurent throughout the book seemed unnesecary as did the waffling on about God. Although ... Read More:

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- amazing
This book was brilliant from beginning to end and has everthing I have come to expect from Anne Rice. Her discriptions of venice where incredible, I could actually see the winding streets of Venice and the famouse canals that run through the city. I could picture the Plazzo with its beautifully decorated rooms of red and gold.
In this book I also found out so much about the relationship between Marius and Armand the romantic scenes between them where really powerful. From this book I found out the Armand saw Marius more as a lover than a master.
This book was fantastic it had romance, action and drama and I would recommond it to anyone.

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