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Jasper Kent (Author)
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Publication Date: 1 Jan 2010 | Series: Danilov Quintet 1

On 12th June 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armee forded the River Niemen and crossed the Rubicon - its invasion of Russia had begun. Charged with delaying the enemy's inexorable march on Moscow, a group of Russian officers summon the help of the oprichniki, a band of mercenaries from the outermost fringes of Christian Europe.

As rumours of a plague travelling west from the Black Sea reach the Russians, the Oprichniki - twelve in number - arrive. Preferring to work alone, and at night, they prove brutally, shockingly effective against the French. But one amongst the Russians, Captain Aleksei Ivanovich Danilov, is unnerved by the mercenaries' ruthlessness...and as he comes to understand the true, horrific nature of these strangers, he wonders at the nightmare they've unleashed in their midst...

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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam (1 Jan 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553819585
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553819588
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 3.8 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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"An accomplished, entertaining blend of historical fiction and dark fantasy" (Lisa Tuttle THE TIMES )

"A fantastical blend of historical novel and supernatural chiller." (DEATHRAY magazine )

"Sharpeski ditches Napoleon to fight the undead...good vampire-hunting fun for a winter's evening." (SFX magazine )

"Packed with thrills and witty dialogue, Twelve also boasts rich historical insight and compelling storytelling. A compulsively readable adventure." (WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY magazine )

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Melding the supernatural and the historical, a skin-tinglingly exciting novel of vampires in the Napoleonic wars
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch historical horror 22 April 2009
By Mr. A. I. Harrison
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There seems to be an insatiable demand for both vampire's and historical fiction at the moment so to combine the two genres has the potential to be a real winner or possibly fall in between the two and miss both potential reader groups.

Happily this book is the former, in fact I don't ever remember reading a vampire/ horror that I have ever enjoyed as much.

Set during Napoleon's bloody advance and subsequent retreat into Russia and featuring a gang of mercenary vampires this had the potential to be a real 'gore fest'. However the author resisted such obvious temptation and instead serves up a multi-layered story of war, friendship, betrayal, mixed loyalties, cruelty and love. All told with a deft, restrained and subtle hand.

It is the pacing of the story that sets it apart from other 'horrors'. One minute your fending off a set of gnashers from your throat then you reclining in a whore house discussing philosophy before than finding yourself creeping through a musty cellar looking for coffins!. That and the authentic feeling historical background and Russian culture.

Jasper Kent's Vampires are fairly tradional and somewhat mundane, he doesn't gift them any new super powers or make them super charismatic and as a result they are all the more believable and you kind of feel if Vampires did excist they would be like the ones brought to life (or perhaps undeath) here.

Cleverly the author tells the story not from the point of view of the vampires themselves (ala Lestat) but from a Russian soldier/intelligence officer forced into working with them against the French. An engaging believable hero who you will like, be frustrated with and fear for, and who will achieve his main purpose of pulling you totally into this excellent story.

Great stuff Jasper Kent, a book crying out to made into a film and an author to watch out for.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Winning Combination 28 Jun 2011
By Parm TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
How can you lose with a plot like this, Vampires during Napoleons invasion of Russia!
There were times when i thought that Jasper Kent was going to screw this up, the first few chapters were a little on the slow side and there were a few places where the pace of the plot got bogged down, but in the main this was a good read, dark, moody, full of menace, palpable cold from the frozen wastes of Russia, i think the author has a real love for this time and place, but im not so sure about the vampires, at times there was a real lack of detail and information about them, you could be forgiven for thinking the book had been written about the invasion and then vampires were added because they are in vogue?

The book is worth a read....would i buy his next book? probably but it would not be top of my buying list.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Slow start, decent read 18 Oct 2012
By D. McBain
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I read this not expecting much more than any other trashy novel and once I got past the first 100 odd pages, it's not a bad read at all. The story did seem to lose it's legs a bit at the end, but overall, it kept me interested and the plot was decent. Almost wanted to give it three and a half stars. If I see the sequel, I'd probably read it, but wouldn't go hunting for it.
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