The Vampire Chronicles
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The Vampire Chronicles is a series of Gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American author Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century. Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls". The homoerotic overtones of The Vampire Chronicles are also well-documented. As of November 2008, The Vampire Chronicles had sold 80 million copies worldwide. The first novel in the series, Interview with the Vampire (1976), was made into a 1994 film of the same name. The Queen of the Damned (1988) was adapted into a 2002 film of the same name, which also used some material from The Vampire Lestat (1985). Both films were released by Warner Bros. Pictures. A television series, Interview with the Vampire, premiered on AMC in 2022.
Infobox
Author
Anne Rice
Original title
The Vampire Chronicles
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Gothic, vampire
Publisher
Knopf
Published
1976–2018
Tables
· Books in the series
| Number | Title | Year | ISBN |
| 1 | Interview with the Vampire | 1976 | mw- body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- } }0-394-49821-6 |
| 2 | The Vampire Lestat | 1985 | 1-127-49040-0 |
| 3 | The Queen of the Damned | 1988 | 978-0-394-55823-3 |
| 4 | The Tale of the Body Thief | 1992 | 978-0-679-40528-3 |
| 5 | Memnoch the Devil | 1995 | 0-679-44101-8 |
| 6 | The Vampire Armand | 1998 | 978-0-679-45447-2 |
| 7 | Merrick | 2000 | 0-679-45448-9 |
| 8 | Blood and Gold | 2001 | 0-679-45449-7 |
| 9 | Blackwood Farm | 2002 | 0-345-44368-3 |
| 10 | Blood Canticle | 2003 | 0-375-41200-X |
| 11 | Prince Lestat | 2014 | 978-0-307-96252-2 |
| 12 | Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis | 2016 | 978-0-385-35379-3 |
| 13 | Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat | 2018 | 978-1-5247-3264-6 |
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