{"product_id":"anno-dracula-signed-30th-anniversary-edition-isbn-9781803361864","title":"Anno Dracula Signed 30th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eSigned deluxe hardcover edition with sprayed edges and ribbon marker of the trailblazing alternate history vampire novel, with a brand-new introduction from Neil Gaiman and exclusive additional material from the author. Horror fans will not want to miss this.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. His polluted bloodline spreads through London as its citizens increasingly choose to become vampires.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the grim backstreets of Whitechapel, a killer known as ‘Silver Knife’ is cutting down vampire girls. The eternally young vampire Geneviere Dieudonné  and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club are drawn together as they both hunt the sadistic killer, bringing them ever closer to England’s most bloodthirsty ruler yet.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAnno Dracula:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compulsory reading... Glorious\" – Neil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stephen King assumes we hate vampires; Anne Rice makes it safe to love them, because they hate themselves. Kim Newman suspects that most of us live with them… \u003ci\u003eAnno Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead.\" — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliantly witty parallel-world saga… builds sure-footedly to bravura climax which entirely redefines ‘Victorian values’\" — \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Anno Dracula \u003c\/i\u003ewill leave you breathless... one of the most creative novels of the year\" — \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Politics, horror and romance are woven together in this brilliantly imagined and realised novel. Newman's prose is a delight, his attention to detail spellbinding\" — \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force which succeeds brilliantly\" — \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A marvellous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror and alternative history. Not to be missed.\" \u003ci\u003e— The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A ripping yarn, an adventure romp of the best blood, and a satisfying… read\" \u003ci\u003e— Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful... compelling entertainment... a fiendishly clever banquet of dark treats\" \u003ci\u003e— San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most comprehensive, brilliant, dazzlingly audacious vampire novel to date. ‘Ultimate’ seems an apt description... \u003ci\u003eAnno Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e is at once playful, horrific, intelligent and revelatory... Newman’s prose will remain gloriously unique.\" — \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Anno Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e couldn’t be more fun if Bram Stoker had scripted it for Hammer. It’s a beautifully constructed Gothic epic that knocks almost every other vampire novel out for the count.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Christopher Fowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bloody excellent.  Kim Newman has exsanguinated the best of fact and fiction and created a vivid vampirous Victorian world uniquely his own.  This clever, delicious extravaganza – Hammer Horror meets \u003ci\u003eTrue \u003c\/i\u003e(Blue) \u003ci\u003eBlood\u003c\/i\u003e – is just the tonic for the year of a Royal Wedding.\" — Stephen Volk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Anno Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e is the smart, hip Year Zero of the vampire genre’s ongoing revolution.\" — Paul McAuley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kim Newman's answer to Thatcher's 'Victorian Values'\" \u003ci\u003e— TLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Newman\u003c\/b\u003e is a popular and respected author and movie critic, known for his acclaimed alternate-history series, Anno Dracula. He writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eEmpire \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and contributes to \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e and others. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV, and is the chief writer of the BBC TV series \u003ci\u003eMark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and James Herbert Awards. He lives in London.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302659969253,"sku":"NP9781803361864","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781803361864.jpg?v=1767721640","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/anno-dracula-signed-30th-anniversary-edition-isbn-9781803361864","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}