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Anno Dracula {with additional material} (1992)

door Kim Newman

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Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:"Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. It was the first mash-up of literature, history and vampires, and now, in a world in which vampires are everywhere, it's still the best, and its bite is just as sharp. Compulsory reading, commentary, and mindgame: glorious." - Neil Gaiman "Politics, horror, and romance are woven together in this brilliantly imagined and realized novel. Newman's prose is a delight, his attention to detail is spellbinding." - Time Out �??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�?� Anno Dracula is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead.�?� - *New York Times* �??Anno Dracula will leave you breathless... one of the most creative novels of the year.�?� - *Seattle Times* �??Powerful... compelling entertainment... a fiendishly clever banquet of dark treats.�?� - *San Francisco Chronicle* 'A ripping yarn, an adventure romp of the best blood, and a satisfying�?� read' - *Washington Post Book World* "The most comprehensive, brilliant, dazzlingly audacious vampire novel to date. 'Ultimate' seems an apt description... Anno Dracula is at once playful, horrific, intelligent, and revelatory." - Locus "A marvelous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror, and alternative history. Not to be missed." - The Independent "Once you start reading this Victorian-era thriller, you will not be satiated until you reach the end." - *Ain't It Cool* "Anno Dracula is the smart, hip Year Zero of the vampire genre's ongoing revolution." - Paul McAuley "Kim Newman brings Dracula back home in the granddaddy of all vampire adventures. Anno Dracula couldn't be more fun if Bram Stoker had scripted it for Hammer. It's a beautifully constructed Gothic epic that knocks almost every other vampire novel out for the count." - Christopher Fowler "The most interesting take on the Dracula story... to date. Recommending this one to all those that love Dracula and historical fiction!" - *RexRobotReviews* �?? It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders. Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history. Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London. This brand-new edition of the bestselling novel contains unique bonus material, including a new afterword from Kim Newman, annotations, articles and alternate… (meer)

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I loved the opportunity to pick out notable figures, both historical and literary, as they came along in the story. I also really enjoyed the attention to detail with the Jack the Ripper case and found myself doing research into the real happenings to compare.

However some stuff was a bit... Off. The Chinese vampire who stalked Gene was too easily sorted. And the ending just felt a bit too cut and dry for me.

As a long time fan of the original Dracula I really enjoyed reading this book. I'm just not sure if it lived up to the hype I'd heard about it. (

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viiemzee | Feb 20, 2023 |

Alternate history based on the premise that Van Helsing failed to kill Dracula, who then lived on to become the Prince Consort of England. And don’t worry that I’m giving away the plot because there isn’t one. This is pretty much just a literary stunt to see how many Victorian era characters – both real and fictional – the author could mash together into one book. Dracula, Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper, Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, Dr. Jekyll, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Mark Twain, Whistler, and Oscar Wilde among others. I have to admit putting them all together was imaginative but for me it made this read like little more than a laundry list of nineteenth century names. (

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wandaly | Aug 31, 2020 |

4.5/5. The only thing that keeps this book from being perfect is the abrupt ending. Other than that, this book had to be just as much fun to write as it was to read! (

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thePatWalker | Feb 10, 2020 |

Good alternate history. The interaction of a new culture that take's a superior role in society is also explored along with a twist on the old Jack the Ripper story. The new Vampire culture is dominate where "warms" are not promoted on the police force and the elite Vampires refer to warms as "Sheep". Considering the culture changes sweeping London today this work might be banned in England should the authorities get wind of it. (

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Ed.Jones | Nov 27, 2019 |

Amazon.com Review As Nina Auerbach writes in the New York Times, " 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 . . . . Anno Dracula 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. From Publishers Weekly Queen Victoria consorts with Count Dracula in this ingenious historical romp peopled by historic characters.
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Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:"Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. It was the first mash-up of literature, history and vampires, and now, in a world in which vampires are everywhere, it's still the best, and its bite is just as sharp. Compulsory reading, commentary, and mindgame: glorious." - Neil Gaiman
"Politics, horror, and romance are woven together in this brilliantly imagined and realized novel. Newman's prose is a delight, his attention to detail is spellbinding." - Time Out
�??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�?� Anno Dracula is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead.�?� - New York Times

�??Anno Dracula will leave you breathless... one of the most creative novels of the year.�?� - Seattle Times

�??Powerful... compelling entertainment... a fiendishly clever banquet of dark treats.�?� - San Francisco Chronicle

'A ripping yarn, an adventure romp of the best blood, and a satisfying�?� read' - Washington Post Book World
"The most comprehensive, brilliant, dazzlingly audacious vampire novel to date. 'Ultimate' seems an apt description... Anno Dracula is at once playful, horrific, intelligent, and revelatory." - Locus
"A marvelous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror, and alternative history. Not to be missed." - The Independent
"Once you start reading this Victorian-era thriller, you will not be satiated until you reach the end." - Ain't It Cool
"Anno Dracula is the smart, hip Year Zero of the vampire genre's ongoing revolution." - Paul McAuley
"Kim Newman brings Dracula back home in the granddaddy of all vampire adventures. Anno Dracula couldn't be more fun if Bram Stoker had scripted it for Hammer. It's a beautifully constructed Gothic epic that knocks almost every other vampire novel out for the count." - Christopher Fowler
"The most interesting take on the Dracula story... to date. Recommending this one to all those that love Dracula and historical fiction!" - RexRobotReviews
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It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.
Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history. Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London.
This brand-new edition of the bestselling novel contains unique bonus material, including a new afterword from Kim Newman, annotations, articles and alternate

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