内容简介
EducatedintheFlorenceofCosimode'Medici,trainedinknighthoodathisfather'smountaintopcastle,Vittorioinhabitsaworldofcourtlysplendorandcountrypleasures—aworldsuddenlythreatenedwhenhisentirefamilyisconfrontedbyanunholypower.Inthemidstofthisupheaval,VittorioisseducedbythebeautifulandsinistervampireUrsula—settinginmotionachillingchainofeventsthatwillmarkhislifeforeternity.Againstabackdropofthewonders—bothsacredandprofane—andthebeautyandferocityofRenaissanceItaly,AnneRicecreatesapassionateandtragiclegendofdoomedyoungloveandlostinnocence.
作者简介
AnneRicewasbornandraisedinNewOrleans,Louisiana.SheholdsaMasterofArtsDegreeinEnglishandCreativeWritingfromSanFranciscoStateUniversity,aswellasaBachelor'sDegreeinPoliticalScience.Sheistheauthorof28books,mostrecentlyCalledOutofDarkness,amemoirandChristtheLord:OutofEgyptandChristtheLord:TheRoadtoCana,novelsdepictingtheearlylifeofJesusChrist,basedontheGospelsandthemostrespectedNewTestamentscholarship.Herfirstnovel,InterviewwiththeVampire,waspublishedin1976andhasgoneontobecomeoneofthebest-sellingnovelsofalltime.ShecontinuedhersagaoftheVampireLestatinaseriesofbooks,collectivelyknownasTheVampireChronicles,whichhavehadbothgreatmainstreamandcultfollowings.AnneRiceisalsotheauthorofTheWitchingHour,ServantoftheBones,Merrick,BlackwoodFarm,BloodCanticle,TheFeastofAllSaints,andCrytoHeaven.ShelivesinRanchoMirage,California.