Blood and Gold
core novel 2001 The Vampire Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (37,456 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 752 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780375419454 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
Blood and Gold follows the ancient Nordic vampire Thorne as he wakes from centuries frozen in Arctic ice and seeks out Marius de Romanus, one of the vampire world's oldest and most knowledgeable members. Marius, in turn, recounts his own vast history to Thorne, beginning with his mortal life as a young Roman patrician who is captured and transformed by druids into the sworn guardian of Akasha and Enkil, the ancient progenitors of all vampires. The novel traces Marius's travels and experiences across the ancient and medieval world in that role, offering a sweeping account of vampire history that connects directly to the origins revealed earlier in the series.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Vampire Chronicles
- Series: The Vampire Chronicles core; position 8 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne Rice
Notes
- From the series record (The Vampire Chronicles): A continuous, decades-spanning narrative of vampire immortals told mostly through Louis and Lestat, running from the author's 1976 debut to her final volume in 2018; treated as complete following the author's death in December 2021.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Vampire Chronicles: position 8 of 13: previous Merrick (2000) · next Blackwood Farm (2002)
Sources
← The Vampire Chronicles dossier · All universes
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