Lord of the Vampires
1 May 2010
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- ISBN13: 9780440224426
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In the conclusion to her terrifying, meticulously researched trilogy, Jeanne Kalogridis brilliantly melds historical facts about Vlad Tsepesh–Vlad the Impaler, the historical Dracula–and the characters in Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula. After the death of his half-brother and his father at the hand of Vlad, Abraham van Helsing faces the ultimate battle with an entity more evil than Vlad himself: the Lord of the Vampires…. More >>
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I have only read one book in this series, that relating to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and that was more than enough. I am at a loss as to how the other reviewers could praise it so highly. The plot line which follows Stoker’s Dracula was laughable, it was so unbelievale, the characters retained nothing of their original form and the ending was so ludicrous it left me annoyed that I had wasted my time in reading to the end. If you like pulp Vampire fiction with pretensions at being literary then buy this, if you want a decent vampire tale, then avoid it at all costs.
Rating: 1 / 5
I received the book in great time and it was in excellent condition. I recommend anyone order from amazon as this is not the only product I have ordered and it’s always a good experience.
Rating: 4 / 5
This third and final volume retelling the familiar Bram Stoker original Dracula augments the story by introducing the legend of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who lived some 150 years after Vlad Tepesh (Stoker’s vampire model) – her real story is well described in the accessible The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu. Elizabeth is accused of living a life of debauchery and patronage of occult arts as well as the murder of some 650 virgins in order to bathe in their blood. Imprisoned by clerical authorities for 5 years of interrogation on the eve of the horrific Thirty Years War of religious doctrines, she was never convicted. The Bathory family included Duke Stepan of Transylvania who ascended the throne of Poland and Lithuania by marrying the daughter of the last Jagellonian king and then proceeded to roll back the conquests of Ivan the Terrible. The real facts of this time are more interesting than the vampiric literary inventions.
Rating: 4 / 5
Kilogridis has written a truely wonderful vampire trilogy. All three of the set were books that were impossible to put down until the last page was read. But this last book in the trilogy was definately the icing on the cake. I am just very sorry that it is the last — the story of the Tsepesh family could go on forever! Bram, Arkady, Zsuzsanna and even Vlad will live on my list of favorite characters for a long time.
Rating: 5 / 5
I was worried about a prequel dealing with Bram Stoker’s version…which was laking compared to Anne Rice’s novels. But Kalogridis has done one heck of a story here. She’s a close second to Anne Rice. All around great trilogy.
Rating: 5 / 5
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