Anno-Dracula

By Kim Newman

Book Overview

Signed deluxe hardcover edition with sprayed edges and ribbon marker of the trailblazing alternate history vampire novel, with a brand-new introduction from Neil Gaiman and exclusive additional... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881849677
• ISBN13: 9780881849677
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Fangtastic

1888 London, and Dracula is hanging out with Queen Victoria, while in Whitechapel, prostitutes are dying strange bloody deaths... It's obvious that the author had a lot of fun writing this, and I had just as much reading it. Historical fact mixed with Newman's particular sense of whimsy and walk on parts from fictional characters from the Victorian era, it's a tremendous mixture. The ending comes a bit too quickly, and old Drac becomes a bit of a comic parody of a vampire lord, but all in all I loved it.

Dracula defeats Van Helsing. Now what?

One of the best vampires books ever written. It combines the suspense of a mystery novel with the mysteries of the vampire. Dracula has defeated Van Helsing, and become Queen Victoria's advisor. Now it's 'in' to be a vampire, and vampires are appearing in all walks of life, but someone in Whitechapel is killing off the vampire whores. We are re-introduced to the characters from the original Bram Stoker novel, but as an added bonus to history and literature fans, there are cameo appearances from some of the greatest characters from the literature and history of the Victorian era, from Jack the Ripper to Sherlock Holmes, and even a friendly jab at Anne Rice. A definite MUST read for any vampire/history/literature fan.