![]() ![]() Yarbro’s series is a very long running and rather famous one and thus I was a little embarrassed to admit I had not read any of the series. The Review: The above blurb gives a potted history of Saint-Gemain, a character Chelsea Quinn Yarbro introduced to the world in 1978 but who was based on the historical Comte de Saint Germain who lived through the 18th Century and who would try to deflect enquiries into his background with fantasies – he once claimed to be 500 years old – and who eventually revealed/claimed that he was a son of Francis II Rákóczi, the Prince of Transylvania. In Hôtel Transylvania Saint-Germain makes his first appearance in a story that blends history and fiction as Saint-Germain is pitted against Satanists to preserve Madelaine de Montalia from ruin. ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, he is a vampire, born in the Carpathian Mountains in 2119 BC, turned in his late-thirties in 2080 BC and destined to roam the world forever, watching and participating in history and, through the author, giving us an amazing perspective on the time-tapestry of human civilization. We first meet him in Paris during the reign of Louis XV when he is, apparently, a wealthy, worldly, charismatic aristocrat, envied and desired by many but fully known to none. The Blurb: Since 1978, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has produced about two dozen novels and numerous short stories detailing the life of a character first introduced to the reading world as Le Comte de Saint-Germain. ![]()
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