Body Double: Dracula deploys a number of decoy body doubles during the climactic battle.Big Fancy Castle: von Richthofen's flying circus holes up in a distinctly creepy old French castle called Chateau de Malinbois.Been There, Shaped History: Edgar Poe mentions fighting in the Civil War on the Confederate side, more because he got swept up in the whole "romanticized rebellion" thing than anything else.Bat Out of Hell: Spliced with a WWI biplane, this is what von Richthofen's squadron are transformed into.Except not only are they vampires (making them excellent night pilots) to match up to the Allies' slightly better squad of aces (which includes Expies of The Shadow, Biggles, and Captain Midnight, along with real life British ace Albert Ball) the squad is modified by science and elder vampire blood into giant bat fliers wearing machine-gun rigs. Badass Crew: The Red Baron leads a squad of German fliers who are all vampires and aces, much like the real life Jagdgeschwader 1 the Baron led.Dracula has a Hungarian body double/decoy named Bela.Someone speculates that if it weren't for all these vampires, maybe World War I wouldn't have happened.In real life he was known to be pretty jocular and friendly (the change might be a side effect of his vampirization). Adaptational Jerkass: The Red Baron is portrayed as stiff, humorless, and almost pitiably uncomfortable in social situations.Ace Pilot: Biggles, Captain Midnight and The Shadow go up against the Red Baron, Hans von Hammer and Airboy's ally the Heap.‘In India, I knew a water-bearer who was a better man than most. Have a care, lest you wind up the equivalent of some damned regimental water-bearer.’ ‘There will never be slaves in Britain,’ Godalming continued, ‘but those who stay warm will naturally serve us, as the excellent Bessie has just served me. The new Titan edition of this bestselling novel contains unique bonus material, including a new afterword from Kim Newman, annotations, articles and alternate endings to the original novel.
Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel tells the story of vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.Īnno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history.
It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. The first book in the Anno Dracula series. Or buy the Audible audio book, narrated by William Gaminara.
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