num_pages: 481
description: #1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire ChroniclesThe 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
language: English
title: The Vampire Lestat
titlecomplete: The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles,  #2)
characters: Marius de Romanus, Akasha, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt, Armand, Gabrielle de Lioncourt, Nicolas de Lenfrent
genres: Gothic, Adult, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal
ratings_count: 196110
places: New Orleans, Louisiana, Paris, Egypt
series: The Vampire Chronicles
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Random House Publishing Group