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Blood and Gold

by Anne Rice

A vampire’s long passage through history

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A vampire’s long passage through history

Marius’s life connects the supernatural world of vampires with upheavals across centuries, from imperial Rome and the rise of Constantine to the Visigoth sack of the city and the Black Death. The Renaissance brings another change of direction: Marius becomes a painter and forms significant bonds with Botticelli, Bianca, and the young Armand. The description frames these historical episodes as stages in a single life, culminating in a present-day encounter in the jungle involving the oldest vampires and a pursuit of justice. History, art, personal attachments, and vampire lore share the novel’s scope.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in vampire fiction set across multiple historical periods
  • Readers drawn to novels that bring Renaissance art and historical events into supernatural fiction

Themes

Vampire loreHistorical upheavalArt and the RenaissanceLove and attachmentJustice

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Book overview

"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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