Hide Me Among the Graves
core novel 2012 The Stress of Her Regard
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.60 (2,345 ratings, collected 2026-10-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780061231544 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In the winter of 1862 Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the London doorstep of the veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven years earlier; their brief meeting produced a child who, until now, had been presumed dead. The girl is threatened by the vampiric ghost of John Polidori, Lord Byron's former physician and the late uncle of the poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, on whose family Christina unwittingly brought his curse when she was fourteen. The Rossettis join forces with Crawford and McKee against Polidori, who is plotting with ancient vampiric forces, in a story that sweeps from high society to grimy slums and the pre-Roman catacombs beneath St Paul's.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Stress of Her Regard
- Series: Hide Me Among the Graves core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tim Powers
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Award (Adult Literature), 2013: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (Hide Me Among the Graves): The sequel, set in 1862 London.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Internal chronology, within The Stress of Her Regard: position 2 of 2: previous The Stress of Her Regard (1989)
Sources
- Library Journal: Hide Me Among the Graves (Morrow, March 2012)
- Publishers Weekly: Hide Me Among the Graves (Morrow hardcover, 2012)
- MIT Press Bookstore: Hide Me Among the Graves (publisher description)
- Shelf Awareness: Hide Me Among the Graves (returns to the world of The Stress of Her Regard)
- IBS: Hide Me Among the Graves (publisher description)
- Bookmate: Hide Me Among the Graves (publisher description)
- Mythopoeic Society (final ballots)
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