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Seethedifference,read#1bestsellingauthorAnneRiceinLargePrintAllRandomHouseLargePrinteditionsarepublishedina16-pointtypefaceInthelatestinstallmentofTheVampireChronicles,AnneRicesummonsupdazzlingworldstobringusthestoryofArmand-eternallyyoung,withthefaceofaBotticelliangel.Armand,whofirstappearedinallhisdarkglorymorethantwentyyearsagointhenow-classicInterviewwiththeVampire,thefirstofTheVampireChronicles,thenovelthatestablisheditsauthorworldwideasamagnificentstorytellerandcreatorofmagicalrealms.Now,wegowithArmandacrossthecenturiestotheKievRusofhisboyhood-aruinedcityunderMongoldominion-andtoancientConstantinople,whereTartarraiderssellhimintoslavery.AndinamagnificentpalazzointheVeniceoftheRenaissanceweseehimemotionallyandintellectuallyinthralltothegreatvampireMarius,whomasqueradesamonghumankindasamysterious,reclusivepainterandwhowillbestowuponArmandthegiftofvampiricblood.Asthenovelracestoitsclimax,movingthroughscenesofluxuryandelegance,ofambush,fire,anddevilworshiptonineteenth-centuryParisandtoday'sNewOrleans,weseeitseternallyvulnerableandromanticheroforcedtochoosebetweenhistwilightimmortalityandthesalvationofhisimmortalsoul.