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Description edit
In an alternate history of the nineteenth century, Queen Victoria has married Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula, leading to a reign of terror, while, in Whitechapel, Silver Knife, a murderer of vampire girls, threatens the new regime. Reprint. NYT.
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Characters/People edit
- Charles Beauregard: A warm Englishman who works for the mysterious Diogenes Club in tracking down the killer, Silver Knife.
- Miller: Add a description of this character.
- Genevieve: An elder vampire who works in Toynbee Hall helping down-on-their-luck vampires.
- Penelope: Beauregard's fiancee.
- Kostaki: Captain of the Carpathian Guard, Dracula's personal army.
- Mackenzie: A warm detective who works for Scotland Yard trying to find Silver Knife.
- Mary Jane Kelly: A vampire prostitute.
- Van Helsing
- Jack Seward: A doctor who works at Toynbee Hall with Genevieve. He worked with Van Helsing and others before Van Helsing was killed.
- Rebecca
- Ruthven: The Prime Minister
- Druitt
- Lucy
- John
- Pamela: Penelope's cousin and Beauregard's deceased wife.
- Massingham
- Kate Reed
- Morrison
- Dr Jekyll
- Mrs Churchward
- Moran
- Von Klatka
- Renfield
- Bram Stoker
- Marie Jeanette
- Mrs Amworth
- Mina Harker
- Iorga
- Toynbee Hall
- Moreau
- Foley
- Merrick
- Dracula
- Jack The Ripper
- Dr Ravna
- Lulu Schon
- Lily
Setting & Locations edit
- Lord Godalming
- London
- Whitechapel Murderer
- Florence
- Prince Consort
- Vardalek
- England
- Limehouse
- Vlad Tepes
- Great Britain
- India
- Woodbridge
- Orlando
- Café De Paris
- Purfleet
- Soho
- France
- Chicksand Street
- Devil
- Caversham Street
- Chandagnac
- Dark Kiss
- Whitby
- Art
- Scotland Yard
- China
- Victoria
First Sentence edit
We Szekeleys have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights, for lordship.
Table of Contents edit
1. In the Fog
2. Genevieve
3. The After-Dark
4. Commercial Street Blues
5. The Diogenes Club
6. Pandora's Box
7. The Prime Minister
8. The Mystery of the Hansom Cab
9. A Carpathian Quartet
10. Spiders in Their Webs
11. Maters of No Importance
12. Dawn of the Dead
13. Strange Fits of Passion
14. Penny Stamps
15. The House in Cleveland Street
16. A Turning Point
17. Silver
18. Mr. Vampire
19. The Poseur
20. New Grub Street
21. In Memoriam
22. Good-Bye, Little Yellow Bird
23. Headless Chickens
24. A Premature Post-Mortem
25. A Walk in Whitechapel
26. Musings and Mutilations
27. Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Moreau
28. Pamela
29. Mr. Vampire II
30. The Penny Drops
31. The Raputres of Roses of Vice
32. Grapes of Wrath
33. The Dark Kiss
34. Confidences
35. A Dynamite Party
36. The Old Jago
37. Downing Street, Behind Closed Doors
38. New-Born
39. From Hell
40. The Return of the Hansom Cab
41. Lucy Pays a Call
42. The Most Dangerous Game
44. Foxhole
45. Drink, Pretty Creature, Drink
46. Kaffir War
47. Love and Mr. Beauregard
48. The Tower of London
49. Mating Habits of the Common Vampire
50. Vita Brevis
51. In the Heart of Darkness
52. The Last of Lucy
53. Jack in the Machine
54. Connective Tissue
55. Fucking Hell!
56. Lord Jack
57. The Home Life of Our Own Dear Queen
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Anno Dracula. (standard series)
Followed by The Bloody Red Baron.
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kim Newman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 1993
ISBN: 0881849677
Page Count: 359
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 1993
ISBN: 0881849677
Page Count: 359
Awards edit
- Bram Stoker Award (Finalist, 1993: Novel)
- World Fantasy Award (Finalist, 1993: Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.914
Subjects edit
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