Blood Roses
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Saint-Germain Cycle: Publication Order (15), Saint-Germain Cycle: Chronological Order (Europe (1345-1350))
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The Comte de Saint-Germain is living in relative peace and prosperity in the village of Orgon in fourteenth-century France. He has won a grudging acceptance from the local populace, who are uneasy with his strange and foreign ways but appreciative of his generosity. But a new threat has upset the precarious balance: Plague has come to France, and the people's fear turns to xenophobia. To avoid the scrutiny that could reveal his true nature, Saint-Germain must flee. However, his travels show more drivehim deeper into the heart of the Black Death--and danger. show lessTags
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Vampire stuff for history lovers. The author has an mazing knowledge and detail about 14th century Europe, but almost too much of it. As they say in the historical fiction biz, "the notecards are showing." I'm found the characters kind of wooden, and the book isappointing, considering the rave reviews. So in truth, I didn't finish it.
A noval of the vampire Saint Germain series. Takes place in France in the 14th century during the plague. It is so boring. I had to force myself to finish it. Such a disappiontment, since her other books are so good.
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro was born in Berkeley, California on September 15, 1942. She graduated from San Francisco State College in 1963 and worked as a demographic cartographer until becoming a full-time writer in 1970. She writes horror, science fiction, and fantasy novels including Time of the Fourth Horseman, To the High Redoubt, Spider Glass, show more Arcane Wisdome, and The Saint-Germain Cycle series. She has received several awards including a Life Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association in 2009 and a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention in 2014. In 1997, the Transylvanian Society of Dracula bestowed a literary knighthood on her. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Blood Roses
- Original publication date
- 1998-08-15
- People/Characters
- Saint-Germain; Rogerian
- Important places
- France
- Important events
- Black Death
- Epigraph
- "...these Swellings be...Tokens of the Black Plague the which the French do sometime call Blood Roses...."
Anonymous fifteenth-century English broadsheet - Dedication
- for
Gahan Wilson
affectionately
and
on behalf of the Count - First words
- Text of court records for the village of Orgon, near Avignon, submitted on 18 October 1345.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)By my own hand on the 19th day of February in the 1388th Year of Grace, at Mon Gardien.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3575 .A7 .B58 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- (3.60)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
