Vittorio the Vampire : New Tales of Vampires - Anne Rice

Anne Rice has left the world of Lestat behind as she takes you to Italy and to the life, death and immortal life of Vittorio the vampire. As always Anne Rice vision paints a beautiful landscape for her characters to exist within. This though is not the best of the vampire books but at under three hundred pages is relatively quick read that will propel you into her world where her increasingly expert knowledge leads you. like a well running bullet train, the writing is consistent and it takes you from start to finish without hindrance. If you have not ventured into this world before then it is probably best that you start at an early book but there are rewards for those ...  Read the complete review

Anne Rice creates a whole new story in Vittorio the Vampire. Although it's based on the 'Vampire Chronicles' and takes it's lead from them, this isn't actually a follow on so much as an original story based on the same concept. So although it's an advantage to know the previous books before you read this one - you really don't have to have read them. The story of Vittorio is basically that of a young man who's life suddenly changes when his world collapses around him. But vampirism gives him the chance to change it all and make his world a better place. There are a lot of moral dilemmas that go on with him, and if you're familiar with the Anne Rice ...  Read the complete review

Is good and evil as straightforward as Heaven and Hell? Are Lucifer’s disciples damned and God’s Angel’s saviours? Where does the human condition stand in relation to these? These are questions which are asked, and partially answered in ‘Vittorio, The Vampire’, which is the first in a series of New Tales of the Vampires. Set in Renaissance Italy, 16 year old Vittorio seeks revenge when his family is barbarically murdered by “demons”. Vittorio, the only survivor is prevented from being slaughtered by an “angel of death”, Ursula. His search takes him to Santa Maddalana, a small town that seems too ...  Read the complete review

This book is the first by anne rice to introduce a completely new vampire into the chronicles with the focus entirely upon them. This is a much shorter novel than many of the previous novels, but it is euqally as good. It paints a sucinct and well told story of the young boy vittorio who was turned into a vampire in medieval Italy. It is more a love story perhaps than many of the others, but it is still fast paced and wonderfully written in a fast and flowing style that anne rice is loved for by many. It has no links to the other characters nor their times, although it is set within their world. Anne rice wanted to add a new dimension with this ...  Read the complete review

I have been following Anne Rice’s vampire novels for a couple of years now, and in all honesty I can say they are the best set of books I have ever read. Vittorio is her second to most recent vampire novel to date, and takes on a new direction to the others in that it introduces a completely new character who has little or no links to the other vampires we have grown to love in Anne rice novels. The story begins with the death of Vittorio's family and friends in a huge massacre at his home, a Tuscan palazzo of which he is sole survivor. He decides to seek out revenge on those who killed his brother in front of his very eyes. What he finds is a ...  Read the complete review