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The Bloody Red Baron

Anno Dracula Book 2

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The Bloody Red Baron

By: Kim Newman
Narrated by: William Gaminara
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A brand-new edition with an additional novella, this critically-acclaimed, best-selling sequel to Anno Dracula will keep you mesmerised from beginning to end.

It is 1918 and Dracula is commander-in-chief of the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war of the great powers in Europe is also a war between the living and the dead. As ever, the Diogenes Club is at the heart of British Intelligence and Charles Beauregard and his protégé Edwin Winthrop go head-to-head with the lethal vampire flying machine that is The Bloody Red Baron...

Written by popular novelist and movie critic Kim Newman, The Bloody Red Baron takes the story forward into the 20th century.

©2012 Kim Newman (P)2012 Audible Ltd Fantasy Historical Fiction Horror

Critic reviews

"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… Anno Dracula is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead.” -( New York Times)
“Powerful...compelling entertainment...a fiendishly clever banquet of dark treats.” ( San Francisco Chronicle)
"Politics, horror, and romance are woven together in this brilliantly imagined and realized novel. Newman's prose is a delight, his attention to detail is spellbinding." ( Time Out)
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I really enjoyed this novel, more so than Anno Dracula. It’s a great story of an alternate WWI in which real historical figures mix with literary characters. I don’t want to go into detail as it would spoil the plot but if you enjoyed Anno Dracula I’m sure you’d love this. Well written and equally well read.

Exciting Adventures

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It doesn't have the panache of its predecessor, but is still an entertaining and flamboyant listen. If you can get past the occasional ridiculousness (which you probably can if you're reading this), it's a well told romp, though without vast plot depth. Good performance - accents not always perfect, but this does not mar the whole.

Fun enough

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Loved the first book but I did find this one dragged and I only finished it so I can go onto the next one. War has never been my favourite genre so that’s probably why.

Ok.

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Having hugely enjoyed the first in the Anno Dracula series, perhaps my expectations were too high, but I felt the Red Baron lacked some of the sparkle of the first volume. An interesting but not a captivating read. As in the first book, I enjoyed spotting and checking the literary and historical references, and the Biggles characters were good fun, but many of the references in volume 2 were pretty obscure. As before, the kindle edition includes a useful checklist of these references at the end - but again a pity this was excluded from the Audible version.

Something of a disappointment

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Having enjoyed Anno Dracula, I was prepared to be disappointed by the first sequel. However I was quickly carried along by the characters, some familiar, some new, some historical, and by the insanity of the First World War. I was not disappointed and this sequel was possibly even more absorbing than its predecessor. I thoroughly enjoyed it although like war, it contained many sorrows and moments of pure horror produced by humanity as much as by the supposed monsters, the always fascinating vampires. A great read exquisitely performed by William Gaminara.

A Palpable Hit...a worthy sequel.

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