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The Vampire Companion

Author: Katherine Ramsland
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Year Published: 1993
ISBN: 0-345-37922-5
Pages: 507


Interview with the Vampire. The Vampire Lestat. The Queen of the Damned. The Tale of the Body Thief. With her bestselling epic saga of the lives and loves of a dynasty of the undead, Anne Rice has reinvented, and changed forever, the legend and literature of one of fiction's most popular and captivating archetypes. Now, Katherine Ramsland, Anne Rice's biographer, has created the ultimate guide to the world, the history, and the adventures of the unforgettable Lestat and his kind.

   Written with the full cooperation of Anne Rice, The Vampire Companion offers an insightful exploration, appreciation, and interpretation of all the characters and events, names and places, symbols and themes in the four volumes of The Vampire Chronicles. Everything that readers might want to explore further is annotated and analyzed in this entertaining and enlightening work: the unforgettable characters of Louis, Lestat, Claudia, Akasha, and Armand; ancient vampire lore; Rice's unique contributions to the mythos; the literary inspirations that echo through the novels; Rice's own thoughts and feelings about certain aspects of her work; and much more.

   Richly illustrated with photos, drawings, maps, and a complete time line of events in The Chronicles--along with Anne Rice's own comments and revelations--The Vampire Companion is as captivating as the phenomenal saga it explores. It is a guidebook that no visitor to the world of Anne Rice should be without.

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