Book description
A VAMPIRE IN THE ITALIAN AGE OF GOLD. . . Sixteen years old, Vittorio
is the sole survivor of a bizarre and violent massacre at his father's
Tuscan palazzo. Escaping to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici, he seeks
vengeance and retribution. But though he has been saved from death by a
mysterious woman, he finds himself at the mercy of demonic, bloody
nightmares, war and political intrique. And, beyond even these perils,
Vittorio faces being torn apart by a dangerous love. Against a backdrop
of the wonders - both sacred and profane - of Rennaisance Italy, with
it's art and ferocity, angels and demons, Anne Rice introduces a
seductive new character and creates a passionate traggic legend of
doomed young love and lost innocence.
