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Commedia Della Morte: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain Hardcover – 13 Mar. 2012

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Author)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's modern classic vampire novel "Hotel Transylvania" introduced the Count Saint-Germain and his beloved, Madelaine de Montalia. The Count is one of the most critically acclaimed vampire characters ever created, with dedicated fans who have followed his adventures through thousands of years of human history. Of all the women the Count has loved, the most popular is the beautiful, ever-youthful Madelaine. In "Commedia della Morte", Saint-Germain learns that Madelaine - now a vampire - has been arrested by France's Revolutionary Tribunal and is soon to lose her head. To rescue her, the Count sneaks into France with a troupe of actors led by the glamorous Photine, Saint-Germain's mistress. Photine's teenage son, driven by jealousy and revolutionary fervour, betrays the Count. Now Saint-Germain's life, as well as Madelaine's, hangs in the balance in this darkly romantic historical vampire novel.
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  1. Book 23 of 24
    Saint Germain
  2. Print length
    432 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Tor Books
  5. Publication date
    13 Mar. 2012
  6. Dimensions
    15.14 x 3.71 x 21.59 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0765331047
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0765331045
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About the Author

CHELSEA QUINN YARBRO has been nominated for the Edgar, the World Fantasy, and the Bram Stoker Awards. She has been named a Grand Master of the World Horror Convention and a Living Legend by the International Horror Guild. Author of many novels of horror, dark fantasy, mystery, and more, Yarbro lives in Berkeley, California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 13 Mar. 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0765331047
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765331045
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 476 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.14 x 3.71 x 21.59 cm
  • Book 23 of 24 ‏ : ‎ Saint Germain

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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

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A professional writer for more than forty years, Yarbro has sold over eighty books, more than seventy works of short fiction, and more than three dozen essays, introductions, and reviews. She also composes serious music. Her first professional writing – in 1961-2 – was as a playwright for a now long-defunct children’s theater company. By the mid-60s she had switched to writing stories and hasn’t stopped yet.

After leaving college in 1963 and until she became a full-time writer in 1970, she worked as a demographic cartographer, and still often drafts maps for her books, and occasionally for the books of other writers.

She has a large reference library with books on a wide range of subjects, everything from food and fashion to weapons and trade routes to religion and law. She is constantly adding to it as part of her on-going fascination with history and culture; she reads incessantly, searching for interesting people and places that might provide fodder for stories.

In 1997 the Transylvanian Society of Dracula bestowed a literary knighthood on Yarbro, and in 2003 the World Horror Association presented her with a Grand Master award. In 2006 the International Horror Guild enrolled her among their Living Legends, the first woman to be so honored; the Horror Writers Association gave her a Life Achievement Award in 2009.

A skeptical occultist for forty years, she has studied everything from alchemy to zoomancy, and in the late 1970s worked occasionally as a professional tarot card reader and palmist at the Magic Cellar in San Francisco.

She has two domestic accomplishments: she is a good cook and an experienced seamstress. The rest is catch-as-catch-can.

Divorced, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area – with two cats: the irrepressible Butterscotch and Crumpet, the Gang of Two. When not busy writing, she enjoys the symphony or opera.

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  • Candy B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!
    Reviewed in the United States on 14 March 2012
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I received this book yesterday afternoon, and stayed up reading until it was done last night. It was well worth it! I've been reading the St. Germain books since the first one came out, have them all and reread them frequently. This book does not disappoint. As always, the book is well-written, with great character definition, thorough historical information, and a satisfying advancement of the St. Germain story. My only complaint is that it is a little shorter than some of the earlier books, but if these books were twice as long and came out twice as often, I still wouldn't find them long enough! I'm looking forward to many more books in the series.
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  • SaintGermainFan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Never disappointed.
    Reviewed in Canada on 28 December 2012
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I've never read a CQY book where I've been disappointed by the writing or the aura she creates. There've been books that I haven't liked the plot of...that's for sure, but the writing has always been excellent and this book is no different. I always learn something of the history surrounding the times whenever I read one of her books. This one is no different, taking place during the dangerous times after the French Revolution. It involves Saint-Germain coming to the rescue of his beloved Madelaine, who has been taken by the Revolutionaries. Very tense, but our intelligent vampire is up to the task. Definitely recommended.
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  • PTB Kay
    4.0 out of 5 stars Historical novels are and easy way to learn of the times.
    Reviewed in the United States on 26 May 2012
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    once again the author has made the times come alive for the reader. this one brings our 'hero' throuh the french revolution with just a few more, okay, more than a few new holes in him. i must say i did not se the attack coming. i had anticipated the boy would rat the count out to the security committee, not fill him with holes. i enjoyed the adventure and the descriptions of the era, as always. yarbro is again proven a master of the genre.
    having explored some on the french revolution: from the times in paris with lafayette, other novels with nobles trying to flee from france (like the movie the scarlet pimpernel) and from the prespective of the english with the war, i thought i had a good 'feel' for what was going on. this treatment was interesting as i viewed the scene from a new prespective ... that of a relatively 'fair' noble of the time and the firm belief that they had been 'good' to their people. it is hard to be sympathetic with them as they got their haircuts, but i felt some of that with yarbro's telling of her story. well done! worth a read
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  • Veerle
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Count on stage
    Reviewed in the United States on 22 March 2012
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    In this 25th book of the Saint-Germain saga, we follow the count in his rescue mission to save his beloved Madelaine from the guillotine, for Madame la Guillotine is eager for blood, noble blood, clergy blood, common blood or vampire blood, she does not care, and the guillotine would be as deadly to vampires as she is to the living.
    The count, or Ragoczy, travels with a troupe of Commedia dell'Arte players through France. As a patron to the group, he provides the money and as a member of the troupe, he plays the cimbalom on stage, with a mask and a costume. The leader of the troupe is the beautiful and passionate Photine. She enjoys the count's lovemaking, but her troupe and her son are more important to her.
    When the rescue mission is taking more time and getting more difficult, the Commedia della Morte is becoming more famous through their performances, and the goals of the troupe members are changing. The count still wants to save Madelaine, Photine wants applause and money, Theron the poet wants fame, Feo the coachman gains the counts trust, and Enee, Photine's son, wants the count dead!
    In this book, the count is more determined and more ruthless than in the previous novels, but for him, Madelaine is so very dear to him that he would do everything in his power to save her!
    History is horror, even more in this book, when the Terror took more lives than any vampire could!
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  • Fireside Indigo
    5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent read
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 April 2012
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    I've been reading the Saint Germain books for many years. My first was Hotel Transylvania. As a history buff I love the different time periods Ms Yarbro has written about; I've learned a lot about things I might never have come across. Her vampire is a wonderful humanitarian, and most of his "progeny" have shared his love of humanity. A most positive presentation of what being a vampire could be.
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