Vittorio, the Vampire
Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures—a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power.In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio...
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Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures—a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power.In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio is seduced by the beautiful and sinister vampire Ursula—setting in motion a chilling chain of events that will mark his life for eternity. Against a backdrop of the wonders—both sacred and profane—and the beauty and ferocity of Renaissance Italy, Anne Rice creates a passionate and tragic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345422392 (0345422392)
Publish date: February 27th 2001
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
Series: New Tales of the Vampires (#2)
The book dragged from the beginning with too much introspection and not enough action.The action when it arrived it was repetitive and mind-numbing.And there was so much 'blood soup' I began to feel a little sick.Dissapointing.
“That’s the case with most vampires, no matter who says otherwise. Beauty carries us to our doom. Or, to put it more accurately, we are made immortal by those who cannot sever themselves from our charms.”
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