'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made [it] feel so contemporary and relevant' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes '[Rice wrote] in the great tradition of the gothic' Ramsey Campbell, bestselling author of The Hungry Moon Ramses the Great has reawakened in opulent Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. He becomes the close companion of a voluptuous heiress, Julie Stratford, but his cursed past again propels him toward disaster. He is tormented by searing memories of his last reawakening, at the behest of Cleopatra, his beloved queen of Egypt. And his intense longing for her, undiminished over the centuries, will force him to commit an act that will place everyone around him in the gravest danger....
| ISBN: | 9780099471370 |
| Publication date: | 4th November 2004 |
| Author: | Anne Rice |
| Publisher: | Arrow Books Ltd an imprint of Cornerstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Genres: |
Horror and Supernatural Fiction Historical Fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction |