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| Title: | The Vampire Lestat |
| Author: | Anne Rice |
| Publisher: | Knopf |
| 1st printing: | October 31st, 1985 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 978-0394534435 |
| Page count: | 560 |
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The Vampire Lestat is an American novel of the supernatural fantasy genre, blending elements of romance and period history into its narrative. It was written by Anne Rice and is the second book in what would later become known as The Vampire Chronicles. It was first published in hardcover edition by Knopf, which is a New York based publishing house founded by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. in October, 1985. It has since been re-issued in paperback format, audio book and e-reader.
From his childhood struggles against his father through free and easy eighteenth century Paris as an actor, and his making into a vampire. We travel with Lestat as he searches for other vampires, sometimes alone, sometimes with the haunting Gabrielle, sometimes with the devastating Nicolas. Lestat circles Europe searching for his origins, and for clues to the birth of the vampire, but he finds that the seminal answers elude him. Through his travels and searches, Lestat also makes enemies of vampires who are terrified that his wanderings and searchings will disrupt their coexistence with mortals, or that he will attempt to rule them all. And when Lestat finds the very first vampires, he finds his seminal truths, but also unleashes ancient forces and the wrath of his enemies. Lestat, hunter, has become the hunted.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Alex
- Gabrielle de Lioncourt
- Larry
- Louis de Pointe du Lac
- Marius de Romanus
- Nicolas de Lenfent
- Tough Cookie
Villains
- Amel
- Armand
- Magnus
Minor characters
- Akasha
- Antoine
- Claudia
- Enkil
- Marquis d'Auvergne
Organizations
- Children of Darkness
- Satan's Night Out
- Vampire Lestat
Races
Animals
Locations
- Auvergne
- Paris
Items
Vehicles
Vocations
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The events from this book were adapted into a twelve-issue comic book limited series, The Vampire Lestat, which was published by Innovation Comics in 1992.