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Anno Dracula
- Book 1
- Narrated by: William Gaminara
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
With the versatile voice talent of William Gaminara, acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London. It is 1888, and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel tells the story of vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and British spy Charles Beauregard as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.
Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery, and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history.
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- Fake Plastic Dunk
- 22-01-19
Narrator not a cretin
Well this is a hoot. What the author is doing is inherently funny, although he plays the story as a straight psychothriller - and does it very well at that, i think. I enjoyed it immensely. Other reviewers have covered the details. I mainly want to rebut one reviewer's assertion that the narrative performer is a 'cretin' for mispronouncing the heroine's name. In fact, he gets it pretty much right - said heroine is French, has a French name, written with (literally) a French accent in the book, 'Geneviève', and so 'Zhen-uh-vee-yev' is the correct pronunciation - his only misstep is to pronounce the opening 'G' as a hard 'Dj' when it would be more correctly a soft 'Zh'. I'll leave it to you to decide who the cretin might be.
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- Sara
- 15-02-12
Jack the Ripper meets Vlad the Impaler
With the premise of Count Dracula being married to Queen Victoria, and many other Victorian characters, real and fictional being present, I was expecting Anno Dracula to have some humour about it. Actually, it's not a funny book, and it doesn't need to be, because it's a really entertaining gothic crime mystery. The main story revolves around the pursuit of 'Jack the Ripper', with subplots revolving around relationships between the vampires and the 'warm', set in a period of change as England gets used to accepting vampires into high society, even preferring them, and making everyday decisions over whether to 'change' to get ahead in life - after all, immortality, acute senses and impressive strength can be useful.
The dark setting of Victorian London is brilliantly depicted, as are the really graphic accounts of the murders, and visceral actions of the vampires. All of this gives a wonderful filmic quality, where the vivid imagery is quite horrible, and would be a challenge for the best special effects departments. The cameos from names you recognise serve to add colour, and allow you a rye smile as names like Oscar Wilde, Jekyll and Hyde, Dr Moreau and even Bram Stoker are all given a context. Brilliantly narrated by William Gaminara, who really captured the characterisation of upper class London.
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- Sandgrounder
- 03-02-12
Chilling, Thrilling and Blood-Spilling!
Think you know about Jack the Ripper? Kim Newman in his inimitable way weaves the dark tales of Dracula and London's first serial killer into a strange alternative thread of reality that sees the undead as social superiors, Queen Victoria married to the infamous Count and Fu Manchu in charge of the vicious underbelly of the capital's crime. Exquisite, erotic and enthralling this macabre tale is brilliantly read by William Gaminara and stands out as an unusual, shadowy and occasionally, horrifying gem. Highly recommended and hope to see the sequels added soon!
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- J. KellGermany
- 08-11-18
Overly complicated and boring storyline
Really did not enjoy this book to the point where I gave up half way through - so forgive me if this turns into an amazing listen in the last four hours. My main issue was an overly convoluted storyline with too many characters that I struggled to develop an interest in.
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- Adam
- 17-04-13
Anno Dracula
I read this book many years ago and i must say i enjoyed it even more with William ( silent witness) Gaminara narration.
It's an inventive slant on the Victorian period with many cameos from villians in that era. I so hope someone will make this into a mini series or better yet a film.
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- elly gausden
- 15-05-15
Great story, annoying narrator
The story is great, if slightly rambling, but the whole thing is somewhat ruined by the reader not being able to pronounce one of the main character's name. I spent much of the book wanting to yell 'it's pronounced Jen-uh-veeve you utter cretin'. Still, that aside it was a good book.
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- Sara
- 18-01-12
Very enjoyable
I bought this after Professor Moriarty and the Hound of the Durbervilles, which was excellent.
I didnt enjoy this one just as much but it is still very good and well worth the credit.
The way the story is woven in with history and fictional characters from different stories is very skillful and I would recommend this author highly.
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- Joanne F.
- 28-04-18
A good book spoiled
I enjoyed the plot and characters, but the narration is awful! Who would believe that him of of Silent Witness doesn't know how to pronounce Genevieve? ... And blackguard? Listened to a clip of the next Newman novel in the hope that Gaminera might have improved, but heard him pronounce antipodean! Lol! A real shame because I LOVED The Hound of the D'Urbevilles: amazing narrator! I think I'll get the next one in paperback.
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- Eddie
- 02-04-19
Enjoyable and gripping
What a brilliant idea. You are constantly surprised by the names that pop up from history and 19th century fiction alike and how Kim Newman weaves them into the story. It's especially good when a name crops up and you're going "where do I know that name from" then having the lightbulb moment when you realise who.
What lifts this story even higher is William Gaminara's performance. Every character has their own distinct and recognisable voice and the story delivery is brilliant. In some cases you ask yourself is it really him his voice and accent change so expertly A performance that only added to this excellent story.
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- MR LEWIS-GEORGE NASH
- 25-10-18
A wonderful literary alternative universe
The author does a wonderful job of taking existing historical figures both real and fiction and blending them together into a gothic serial killer novel. The Victorian England in his book is a horrid vampire ruled city of darkness and blood. William Gaminara did a lovely job vocalising all the characters and mood of this first book in a series.
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