# The Vampire Lestat - Paperback

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by **Anne Rice** (Author)

**#1 _New York Times_ Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles**

The vampire hero of Anne Rice's enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story--passionate, complex, and thrilling.

**Praise for _The Vampire Lestat_**

"Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away."_**\--**San Francisco Chronicle_

"Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires."_**\--**The Village Voice_  
  
"Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive."_\--The New York Times Book Review_  
  
"Luxuriantly created and richly told."_\--The Cleveland Plain Dealer_

### Front Jacket

Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.  
"Frightening, sensual."  
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

"From the Paperback edition.

### Author Biography

**Anne Rice** is the author of thirty-seven books, including the Vampire Chronicles, the Lives of the Mayfair Witches, and the Wolf Gift book series. Rice was born in New Orleans in 1941 and grew up there and in Texas. She lived in San Francisco with her husband, the poet and painter, Stan Rice until 1988, when they returned to New Orleans to live with their son, Christopher. In 2006, Rice moved to Rancho Mirage, California. She died in 2021.

**Number of Pages:** 512

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** November 29, 1997

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Vampire Lestat

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 6.5

**Point Value:** 34

## Details

- **Price:** 29.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Paranormal, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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