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A VAMPIRE IN THE ITALIAN AGE OF GOLD. . . Sixteen years old, Vittorio is the sole survivor of a bizarre and violent massacre at his father's Tuscan palazzo. Escaping to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici, he seeks vengeance and retribution. But though he has been saved from death by a mysterious woman, he finds himself at the mercy of demonic, bloody nightmares, war and political intrique. And, beyond even these perils, Vittorio faces being torn apart by a dangerous love. Against a backdrop of the wonders - both sacred and profane - of Rennaisance Italy, with it's art and ferocity, angels and demons, Anne Rice introduces a seductive new character and creates a passionate traggic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As with all Anne Rice novels you expect a certain quality about the story and it was there, though that was about all you got. The story begins with good intentions, the majority of the story is written about Vittorio before he was given the dark gift. It may sound bad, but it was quite refreshing for Rice to create a story away from all the vampires in the other stories, hence when Lestat mentions about the presents of others in Queen of the Damned we finally find out one of these, though the door is still open for more.
I, and most other readers would agree, that this is by no means Rice's best work, yet, a good story nonetheless. A worthwhile read for any that are interested in vampires, even if no other stories from the chronicles have been read as no prior knowledge is required to fully understand and appreciaite the story. A Good Read, but by no means the best!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As with all Rice's novels, once begun, it's impossible to put down. Vittorio is more a recollection of the classical wonder of Renaissance Florence than simply the tale of a vampire. Rice captures the beauty of an age through the life of the vampire with astounding detail. As with "Pandora", we are entranced and transported into the history of the character, and with beautiful prose and factual evidence, the book - as with all her novels - is simply a joy to read.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The problem I find with Anne Rice's work is that much of it refers to other novels, which does give the Vampire Chronicles depth and continuity, but can be bewildering. This particular book is an entirely independent vampire novel, which is one of it's strongest points. It has ideas not covered in Rice's other works but more importantly it contains one of her strongest invocations of a time period. If you want a book that is descriptive, with a dynamic righteous hero (in the end you'll wish he hadn't been turned) then Vittorio is the Vampire for you.
Basically a great stand-alone novel by Rice, with one of the best good vs evil themes she has written.
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A Gothic Vampire tale.
Anne Rice has created with Vittorio the Vampire, one of the most Gothic, chilling, thrilling and atmospheric Vampire tales, that I have read in quite a long time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sean de Lyon
Angles and demons on the streets of Florence
I like Anne Rice and so it was with interest that I picked up this novel. I am afraid to say that I ended up feeling confused. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Book Maven
Annother five star book.
Anne Rice has to be one of my favourite authers of all time, ever since seeing the "Interview with the vampire" movie (incidentaly my favourite movie) i have been slowly going... Read more
Published 15 months ago by FUTURESTARdelux
A new direction. I like it.
Vittorio the Vampire is kind of in a new direction compared to the other novels as Vittorio himself has no knowledge of the world Lestat and Louis and Co. live in. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tohru
Cure for insomnia
I have read a few of anne rice's books and this is by far the worst. Like many of her books it is bogged down by over flowery prose describing artistic detail ad nauseum. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2005 by genejoke
Fantastic, compelling and simply wonderful
It took me many months to pluck this book from my bookshelf. Admittedly I am an ardent fan of Anne Rice and it sat there merely because I had other books that I wanted to read (the... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2005 by "jonpapa_uk"
Vittorio
I found this to be an excellent and enjoyable read, the characters where solid, and the descriptions of the building and the time where portray in pure descriptive beauty. Read more
Published on 18 May 2005
Vittorio - slightly different - but all the better for it!
As engaging as the rest of Ms. Rice's vampiric oeuvre (all of which I have read;) the only slight disappointment was the lack of a sequel. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2004 by "damnationali"
A bit different from the usual Anne Rice fare
I've read all of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles in sequence and was dreading this, as I'd heard it concerned totally new characters - and it does, which is a good thing. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2004 by "os7210"
Dull as dishwater with no blood in it
That it I'm afraid. I'm finished with Anne Rice after following her since the first - there's only so much angst you can take before depression sets in. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2003 by William Meikle
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