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The Vampire Armand
- The Vampire Chronicles
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Marosz
- Durée: 15 h et 46 min
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Description
In the latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summons up dazzling worlds to bring us the story of Armand—eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel. Armand, who first appeared in all his dark glory more than twenty years ago in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms.
Now, we go with Armand across the centuries to the Kiev Rus of his boyhood - a ruined city under Mongol dominion—and to ancient Constantinople, where Tartar raiders sell him into slavery. And in a magnificent palazzo in the Venice of the Renaissance we see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades among humankind as a mysterious, reclusive painter and who will bestow upon Armand the gift of vampiric blood.
As the novel races to its climax, moving through scenes of luxury and elegance, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to nineteenth-century Paris and today's New Orleans, we see its eternally vulnerable and romantic hero forced to choose between his twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.
Ce que les critiques en disent
"ARMAND'S LIFE UNFOLDS IN RICH, VELVETY PROSE. . . . THIS IS A SUMPTUOUS ADDITION TO THE SERIES."--Library Journal
"ANNE RICE FANS WILL NO DOUBT BE THRILLED. . . . [Armand] until now has played a small role in the Vampire Chronicles. Here he assumes center stage, relating his five hundred years of life to fledgling vampire David Talbot, who plays amanuensis to Armand as he did to Lestat. . . . It's not just the epic plot but Rice's voluptuary worldview that's the main attraction. . . . Elegant narrative has always been her hallmark. . . . Rice is equally effective in showing how Armand eventually loses his religion and becomes 'the vagabond angel child of Satan,' living under the Paris cemeteries and founding the Grand Guignol-ish Theatre des Vampires. In the twentieth century, a rehabilitated Armand regains his faith but falls in love with two children who save his life. By the conclusion of Armand, the pupil has become the mentor."--The Washington Post
"A FASCINATING AND DAZZLING HISTORICAL TAPESTRY . . . BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, INCREDIBLY ABSORBING."--Booklist
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Emily Hann
- 2018-09-13
I liked the narration!
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The first half of this book I could easily give 5 stars. I fell in love with Armand and Marius. But around the half way point, I got really confused by the plot and the story skimmed over A LOT that I’m not sure is explained in other books in the series. Anne Rice’s struggle with Christianity is very apparent in the last third of the book. Some of Armand’s relationships seem weak compared to his passionate reactions to them in this section.
Overall, enjoyed it a lot but hoping for more explanation in other books.
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- OrganicMatter
- 2021-04-02
Good but...
As someone else stated, the first half was much more interesting to me than the second. I felt that it dragged somewhat in the middle, but then I'm really not very interested in religion. It picked up again near the end. The narrator took a little while to get used to, and was a bit disappointing after the great reader who read the other books. At first I found him very monotonous, but he seemed to improve as the book went on.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-06-08
Oh god the narration! AWFUL!
Great book ruined by bad narration… This is a prime example of terrible casting and book ruining. Armand is supposed to be this centuries-old, sophisticated, pan-European vampire who has spent much of his early life in the Italian city-states. Lorenzo DeMedici would have been just about the most well known historical character of the time period he grew up in and the narrator can’t even be bothered to learn pronounce the name properly. Terrible accent for the role of Armand it’s like a Minnesota accent or something so not exactly the voice of a centuries-old pan-European sophisticate. You can really tell that the character is reading words from a page without actually engaging or even understanding the material. Awful. The casting is so bad that it’s almost funny. This is a really great series and the Simon Vance narrated books are spectacularly well performed so I would say that if you are new to the series listen to it in order and start with a Simon Vance narration.
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- Tammy
- 2023-06-14
Awful Narrative
I really want to enjoy this book but I have to wait until I have time to read. I’ve been listening for days and it’s insufferable. Impossible to follow the story because of the poor narration. He has a good voice but can’t read this book to save his life. I hope another copy comes with better narration to trade for. He has ruined this book imo
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