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The Bloody Red Baron (Hardcover)

by Kim Newman (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (6 May 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684817446
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684817446
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 308,620 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It is 1918, and Dracula has returned as commander-in-chief of the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. His desire for power leads to World War I, and caught in the conflict are an intelligence officer, a vampire journalist, the resurrected Edgar Allan Poe, and the infamous Baron von Richthofen.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A mild disappointment., 9 Mar 2001
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Newman set himself an impossible task sequelling "Anno Dracula", and nearly pulls it off. The book is crammed full of witty conceits, cameos (everyone from The Shadow and The Saint to Herbert West and Snoopy) and set pieces, but the ending lets it down, and it never quite gels. That isn't to say that it isn't one of the best vampire novels of the 'nineties, of course, just that it isn't in the same league as "Anno Dracula". Very few recent horror novels are.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Bloody Red Baron, 26 April 2008
This review is from: The Bloody Red Baron (Hardcover)
My only criticism of this novel is that the plot is not as strong as in 'Anno Dracula'. Otherwise this is packed with great imagery and a wonderful sense of place and time irrevocably changed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent follow-up to 'Anno Dracula'., 8 Mar 2001
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An excellent follow-up to Newman's "Anno Dracula", this book continues the alternative history where Dracula defeated Van Helsing, brought vampirism out into the open, and took control, for a time, of the British Empire!

In "The Bloody Red Baron" World War One has come to Europe and many characters from the first book return to take sides and do battle for their causes.

Plot-wise the book revolves around the mystery of an airborn menace that threatens to dominate the skies above war torn France but, as with "Anno Dracula", it's the detail that makes this book special.

As a pop-culture-sponge par-excellence Newman draws inspiration from the myths, legends and entertainment of the whole globe. For every character or reference you recognise there are probably a dozen you don't but they all add depth and texture to the story.

If this book feels a little flat in comparison to "Anno Dracula" it's simply because Newman used so much good material in the first book.

Fortunately 'The Bloody Red Baron" is as skillfully written and readable as its predecessor. Having since read "Dracula Cha Cha Cha" it's a pleasure to go back to this book (and "Anno Dracula") and enjoy the development of one of the most interesting and entertaining alternative history series in recent years.

Great stuff!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Newman sinks his teeth into the first world war
Newman continues to be the master of the what-if? blend of fact and fiction. Thirty years on from the events of Anno Dracula, Vlad Tepes, the bloody red baron of the title, is... Read more
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