Anne Rice, the prolific and beloved author of Gothic fiction including the Vampire Chronicles, has died at the age of 80. If you'd like to revisit her work (or experience it for the first time!), here are some of her most notable books.
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Interview with the vampire
by Anne Rice A horror classic is revisited to mark the twentieth anniversary of an author's remarkable debut with the story of a reporter who hears a vampire's chilling tale of centuries of life, told by a onetime New Orleans gentleman plantation owner. |
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The queen of the damned
by Anne Rice The third novel in the Chronicle of the Vampires intertwines the stories of rockstar Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood. |
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Prince Lestat
by Anne Rice A tale spanning periods from the ancient to the modern world reunites fans with beloved characters, from Louis de Pointe Lac and the eternally young Armand to David Talbot and Marius, who hear a mysterious voice urging ancients to destroy increasing populations of maverick vampires. |
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Ramses the damned : the passion of Cleopatra
by Anne Rice Reawakened in turn-of-the-20th-century England, Ramses the Second and Cleopatra must face a ruler more ancient and powerful than either of them if they are ever going to discover the origins of the Elixer of Life that brought them back from the dead. By the best-selling authors of The Mummy or Ramses the Damned. |
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The wolf gift : a novel
by Anne Rice The best-selling author of The Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches imagines the origins and history of the werewolf while portraying a romantic, sensualist being who experiences tragedy and transcendence when bestowed with transformational powers. |
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Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession
by Anne Rice In a haunting memoir, the best-selling author of Interview with a Vampire presents an intensely personal journey of faith that records her New Orleans Catholic childhood; loss of faith and involvement with secular humanism; the alienation and tragedy that marked her life; and her eventual return, after thirty-eight years as an atheist, to New Orleans and a belief in Christ. |