Lord of the Dead the Secret History o..., Tom Holland
Lord of the Dead the Secret History o..., Tom Holland
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Lord of the Dead the Secret History of Byron

Author: Tom Holland

Narrator: Richard E. Grant

Abridged: 3 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/1996

Synopsis

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...

About Tom Holland

Tom Holland is an acclaimed British author who has written many books, both fiction and non-fiction, on subjects from vampires to history. He obtained a double first in English and Latin at Queens' College, Cambridge, and afterward studied shortly for a PhD at Oxford, taking Lord Byron as his subject. His novels mostly have a supernatural and horror element as well as being set in the past.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on April 30, 2020

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 track......more

Goodreads review by Overhaul on February 21, 2024

El famoso poeta y libertino del siglo XIX, Lord Byron, viaja a Grecia y se convierte en el vampiro más formidable del mundo, entrando en un mundo oscuro y embriagador de artes antiguas y abrasadores excesos del mal, en este libro poco convencional del autor de Banquete de sangre.. Deambulando con su......more

Goodreads review by Sheryl on March 06, 2022

This book is campy, hilariously bad. It has the worst sexy/conflicted vampire elements of Rice, but with enough nods to Byron's life to keep me going till the end (it is blessedly short as edited for audio) The reading is dramatically ridiculous. Here is a bafflingly stupid line, to give you some fl......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on August 07, 2007

One of two very cleverly done vampire books. Two of my favorites actually. He manages to combine some notable people and fictional characters in history in a totally believable way and also creates more of a place for John Polidori than he usually manages to have. It was well done, richly textured a......more

Goodreads review by Krodì80 on May 08, 2022

L'anemia del revenant Tom Holland scrive un romanzo interessante e ambizioso, che avrebbe un sapore più marcato, se non lo avessero preceduto l'immortale romanzo di Bram Stoker e, più di recente, il bel Louis, Lestat e l'allegra combriccola ideati da Anne Rice. Raccontare la storia di Lord Byron in c......more

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