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The Vampire Armand
- The Vampire Chronicles 6
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
Mesmerising, darkly erotic, terrifying, The Vampire Armand is an historic instalment to Anne Rice's internationally best-selling Vampire Chronicles.
Magnificent and electrifying, The Vampire Armand tells the tale of the mesmerising leader of the vampire coven the Theatre des Vampires in Paris.
This angel-faced killer was snatched from the steppes of Russia as a child and sold as a slave in Renaissance Venice. From there Armand's story spans several hundred years, culminating in a visit to New Orleans at the end of the 20th century.
Here his victims await either death or immortality. But once there his own existence comes into question when he must choose between salvation and his immortal soul.
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- PutneyBaron
- 30-09-17
Good story, slightly irritating delivery
As others have said, Mr Marosz's delivery of the story is not as good as that by Simon Vance who narrates most of the other Vampire Chronicles. Each to their own, and I'm sure Jonathan has his fans, I'm just not one of them.
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- Secretis
- 22-12-18
Odd
Bit odd and beautiful story. Like a painting of horrors and sorrows that are repeated in past, present and likely will be repeat in future.
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- legomummy
- 17-05-22
Good story but not performancr
This is my 2nd time with this story once text once audible. The story is good not my favourite Anne Rice. However like others have said the vocals do not match. There is no real feeling sad the voices do not match the characters in the slightest. If you can read but text rather than listening then do that as the voice does ruin the story.
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- Kate H M
- 10-11-23
Wonderful story, disappointing narration
The Vampire Armand is one of my favourites of the Vampire Chrinicles, but compared to Simon Vance I found the narrator irritating and disappointing
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- TotesFab
- 24-02-22
So varied and wondrous
Armand (Amedeo) in all his wonder - honest, brutal, fallible, beautiful - in search of true long lasting love - it’s an incredible story (do make sure you’ve read Memnoch first to truly understand the setting)
Enjoy!
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- Leelo
- 03-08-22
The Narrator wasn't great but the story was.
The Narrator for the first hour was so monotone and I almost stopped listening. I'm glad I stuck with it as the story was great and I liked Armand's back story. Also I needed to hear the continuation of the other Vampire Chronicles.
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- Mr M W Fluke
- 02-04-17
Not the best so far
After Simon Vance narrated the previous books it was difficult to adjust to Jonathan Marosz. The story was fair but no where near as much action or intrigue as previous books.
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- FM
- 21-09-23
Okay
I found this really hard to listen to. Previous books in the series were narrated by Simon Vance and I didn’t enjoy Jonathan Marosz nearly as much.
I didn’t feel the story as good as some of the previous ones either but onwards to the next book I feel.
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- Matt Wilson
- 29-03-24
Simply engrossing to the last
As a massive fan of The Vampire Chronicles I found this one to be utterly engrossing like the first time I read it Armand is a highly complex and misunderstood character from the previous books Anne Rice gives this mysterious character a soul, he's a person who now has a second chance at life with his mortal companions Benji and the enigmatic Sybelle if you enjoyed his little segments in the first 3 books then you've stumbled on your read for the day
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- James
- 16-03-18
Great story, Appalling narrator!
What did you like best about The Vampire Armand? What did you like least?
I am biased. I've enjoyed Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles immensely for a long time. This story is in the tradition of that series and provides a great deal of detail about Armand's life. It helps to 'flesh out' the world that Anne Rice has created for her characters.
The narrator, Jonathan Marosz, has managed somehow to take all of this detail and this emotion and reduce it to something worse than having a small insect in your ear. He seems to think that any vampire is living with nothing but the most traumatic regret. He might be describing the atrocity of Marius's immolation or the ecstacy of Armand's visits to Bianca, but he makes them both sound exactly the same. His narration would have been more bearable if it had been a straight monotone, but his every sentence is spoken with a kind of dying fall, making everything sound depressing and sad.
What other book might you compare The Vampire Armand to, and why?
Any other book in this series is equally excellent. Blood and Gold, Pandora and all others that deal with just one of the specific characters. Anne Rice has created a fully realised universe with this series.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Jonathan Marosz?
Amazon's Alexa would have shown a greater variety of emotion than Jonathan Marosz. Simon Vance has done an excellent job of narrating several other titles in the series. I don't understand why he didn't do this one.
Could you see The Vampire Armand being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
In my opinion, it shouldn't be. Immortality is a difficult thing to portray with living actors.
Any additional comments?
Don't let Jonathan Marosz narrate any more books.
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