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Blood and Gold
by Anne Rice
ISBN: 0345409329
ISBN-13: 9780345409324
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This volume of the Vampire Chronicles focuses on the life of Marius, the 2000-year-old guardian charged with watching over the body of the Queen of the Damned, Akasha. Centuries later, he recounts his adventures in ancient Rome, his career as a painter, and his search to be forgiven for failing Akasha.
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 2002
Size: 7 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Publisher's Notes
“RICE WRITES WITH HER USUAL EROTIC AND HISTORICALLY EVOCATIVE FLAIR.”
–People
Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, Marius is kidnapped and forced into that dark realm of blood, where he is made a protector of the Queen and King of the vampires–in whom the core of the supernatural race resides. Through his eyes we see the fall of pagan Rome to the Emperor Constantine, the horrific sack of the Eternal City at the hands of the Visigoths, and the vile aftermath of the Black Death. Ultimately restored by the beauty of the Renaissance, Marius becomes a painter, living dangerously yet happily among mortals, and giving his heart to the great master Botticelli, to the bewitching courtesan Bianca, and to the mysterious young apprentice Armand. But it is in the present day, deep in the jungle, when Marius will meet his fate seeking justice from the oldest vampires in the world. . . .
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books. Soft Cover. 0345409329 decent condition, tight binding and clean pages, dust jacket has wear around edges and on corners, slight creases as well otherwise no other marks . Fair. 2002. ( more information) Offered by The Lost Library (United States)
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Ballantine Books. October 29, 200. Paperback. Near Fine. Time heals all wounds, unless, of course, you're a vampire. Cuts may heal, burns vanish, limbs reattach, but for the "blood god," the wounds of the he art sometimes stay open and raw for centuries. So it is for Marius, Anne Ri ce's oft-mentioned and beloved scholar. We've heard parts of his tale in pa st volumes of the Vampire Chronicles, but never so completely and never fro m his own lips. In Blood and Gold, Rice avoids the danger of treading worn ground as she fills out the life and character of Marius the Lonely, the Di senchanted, the Heartsick--a 2,000-year-old vampire "with all the convictio n of a mortal man." Plucked from his beloved Rome in the prime of his life and forced into soli tude as keeper of the vampire queen and king, Marius has never forgiven the injustice of his mortal death. Thousands of years later, he still seethes over his losses. Immortality for Marius is both a blessing and a curse--he bears "witness to all splendid and beautiful things human," yet is unable t o engage in relationships for fear of revealing his burden. New readers to the Chronicles may wish for a more fleshed-out, less introsp ective hero, but Rice's legions of devoted fans will recognize Blood and Go ld for what it is: a love song to Marius the Wanderer, whose story reveals the complexities and limitations of eternal existence. --Daphne Durham--Thi s text refers to the Hardcover edition. From School Library Journal What we've all been waiting for: the 2000-year history of Marius, mentor to the Vampire Lestat. At 750,000 copies, the first printing measures up to M arius's long reign. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--T ( more information) Offered by Infinity Books Japan (Japan)
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