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Lord of the Dead

Tom Holland

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.67 | 1484 Users | 137 Reviews

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Original Title:	Lord of the Dead
ISBN:	0671024116 (ISBN13: 9780671024116)
Edition Language:	English

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Famed nineteenth-century poet and rake Lord Byron travels to Greece and becomes the world’s most formidable vampire—entering a dark, intoxicating world of ancient arts and scorching excesses of evil—in this offbeat book by the author of Slave of My Thirst.

Traveling in the mountains of Greece, Byron falls under the spell of a mysterious fugitive slave, whose pale, slim body arouses his lust. Utterly entranced, his fate is sealed. The supreme sensualist embarks on a life of adventure—that of the world's most formidable vampire.

Chosen to enjoy powers beyond those any vampire has ever known, Byron enters a dark, intoxicating world of long-lost secrets, ancient arts, and scorching excesses of evil. He drinks deeply of terror and sex. But his diversions, delicious and cruel, are also his torment: an all-consuming thirst damning all those he loves...

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Title	:	Lord of the Dead
Author	:	Tom Holland
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	July 1st 1998 by Gallery Books (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Paranormal. Vampires. Horror. Fiction. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Gothic

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Ratings: 3.67 From 1484 Users | 137 Reviews

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Very mediocre, but kinda what I expected from a badly-rated vampire book. There was a lot about this that I didn't really like. The writing felt very much as if Tom Holland had a draft, and just published the draft instead of the actual edited version. If we talk about the character of Byron, his language is much too simple, he's a Romantic poet! I imagine he would talk in a bit more complicated way than the way he does when he tells his story to Rebecca. You can see that Tom Holland has drawn

This book is not for everybody. If you've seen or read Interview With a Vampire, it will feel very familiar at times, and other times it will feel like like its practically a straight copy. That being said, there is some originality as well, and the *twist* is satisfying if not predictable. If you're into Lord Byron fan-fic, there's certainly worse out there; if you're approaching this as a fan of vampire stuff.. this will not feel like new material.

I have to give this one 3 stars because objectively I can't fault it, but I really wish I hadn't read it. It contained far too much gore and horror for my liking. Babies getting eaten, corpses hanging from meat hooks, people being staked alive, ... Not my idea of a fun read.

Rarely, if ever, have I given up on a book with fewer than 100 pages to go. I did that with this novel. Yeah, it's yet another Interview with a Vampire knockoff, with a tormented vampire telling his tale to a willing audience. That's okay, because the vampire is Lord Byron so it's just different enough. I even liked the first part, in which he becomes a vampire. I was engaged. It was interesting. I was digging the book. Then he becomes a vampire and it falls apart, for 2 reasons. 1. Stupid

Meh. Definitely a fever dream, but also definitely not mesmerizing. A mildly interesting take on Lord Byron's life/unlife. Favorite part is that section involving the Shelleys (Percy and Mary), and I truly enjoyed the chapter opening real quotes from Byron and company. Our main character? Irresolute, inconstant, insufficient. Sets up for a sequel, but damned if I'll read it.

i can't help it, i love byron. i have about 30 books here that fictionalize his life and work and discourtesies. and most of them look like cheap romance novels, but i love that clubfooted bastard even when they are bad. and this one is bad. byron as a vampire?? how could this story go off the tracks, you wonder?? well, it does. pretty spectacularly. i own the sequel too, and i will read it because i cannot resist! i'm just glad i can read pretty quickly, so i am able to indulge myself these