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I have really liked many of the previous St. Germain novels, but Quinn Yarbro is starting to get incredibly boring. I had expected to see some cleverness in the resolution of the plot, but it just plodded along. For instance, when Madelaine's captors noted that she was not eating and her body temperature was low, there was the opportunity for her to feign death and St. Germain to claim the body of his blood relative for burial. Then incorporate her into the troupe of actors as a flute player (which had been alluded to earlier) and neatly extricate her from France. But I guess that would not have allowed for enough suffering by the two vampires. And then there was the petulant son, who seemed to have no real purpose to the plot except to brutally stab St. Germain a couple of dozen times. First, for a vampire with supposedly super senses, he certainly does overlook people sneaking up on him to do him harm, and then lets them inflict a great amount of harm in spite of his great strength and fast reflexes. So, the son is inexplicably disposed of by shanghai-ing him off to Africa ala the French Foreign Legion, and his mother apparently agonizes over him long enough to be brutally raped, then seems to forget him. Surely there was a neater way to tie up that loose end. No, I'm afraid Quinn Yarbro is running out of inspiration.


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Commedia Della Morte A Novel of the Count SaintGermain St Germain Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 9780765331045 Books Reviews

Count Saint-Germain learns that the Revolutionary Tribunal of Avignon determines that Madelaine de Montalia will be guillotined. Determined to rescue his beloved from losing her head, something even a vampire cannot heal from, Saint-Germain joins Photine d'Auville and her Commedia del'Arte troupe as a musician (and a paying traveler) as they head to Lyon where Madelaine is under house arrest.

Though he loves Madelaine, Saint-Germain and Photine share a tryst that further irks her angry teenage son Enee. His resentment growing, Enee wants Saint-Germain dead and plots to betray the ancient vampire.

The latest Saint-Germain historical vampire thriller (see An Embarrassment of Riches) is an entreating tale that fascinatingly captures the changing morality of the French Reign of Terror from idealistic caring of all citizens to an insidious bloodbath. The troupe is terrific as they perform Racine's Phaedra while trying to stay out of the troubles. Although there is too much backstory from previous entries mostly involving Madelaine (see In the Face of Death, Out of the House of Life and Hotel Transylvania), saga armchair fans will enjoy touring Revolutionary France with the vampire count as our guide.

Harriet Klausner
once again the author has made the times come alive for the reader. this one brings our 'hero' throuh the french revolution with just a few more, okay, more than a few new holes in him. i must say i did not se the attack coming. i had anticipated the boy would rat the count out to the security committee, not fill him with holes. i enjoyed the adventure and the descriptions of the era, as always. yarbro is again proven a master of the genre.
having explored some on the french revolution from the times in paris with lafayette, other novels with nobles trying to flee from france (like the movie the scarlet pimpernel) and from the prespective of the english with the war, i thought i had a good 'feel' for what was going on. this treatment was interesting as i viewed the scene from a new prespective ... that of a relatively 'fair' noble of the time and the firm belief that they had been 'good' to their people. it is hard to be sympathetic with them as they got their haircuts, but i felt some of that with yarbro's telling of her story. well done! worth a read
Maybe it's just I never cared that much for timelines from the mid 1700s on up into the current time. This book is worth reading if you love the Saint Germain series. I didn't get swept up in it though as much as I have some of the other books in the series. I didn't care for his lover, and it seems like in a lot ways, neither did he...where as in most of his books he comes to deeply care for the woman he's with..in this book the woman wasn't really needing much from him except his money.
I received this book yesterday afternoon, and stayed up reading until it was done last night. It was well worth it! I've been reading the St. Germain books since the first one came out, have them all and reread them frequently. This book does not disappoint. As always, the book is well-written, with great character definition, thorough historical information, and a satisfying advancement of the St. Germain story. My only complaint is that it is a little shorter than some of the earlier books, but if these books were twice as long and came out twice as often, I still wouldn't find them long enough! I'm looking forward to many more books in the series.
In this 25th book of the Saint-Germain saga, we follow the count in his rescue mission to save his beloved Madelaine from the guillotine, for Madame la Guillotine is eager for blood, noble blood, clergy blood, common blood or vampire blood, she does not care, and the guillotine would be as deadly to vampires as she is to the living.
The count, or Ragoczy, travels with a troupe of Commedia dell'Arte players through France. As a patron to the group, he provides the money and as a member of the troupe, he plays the cimbalom on stage, with a mask and a costume. The leader of the troupe is the beautiful and passionate Photine. She enjoys the count's lovemaking, but her troupe and her son are more important to her.
When the rescue mission is taking more time and getting more difficult, the Commedia della Morte is becoming more famous through their performances, and the goals of the troupe members are changing. The count still wants to save Madelaine, Photine wants applause and money, Theron the poet wants fame, Feo the coachman gains the counts trust, and Enee, Photine's son, wants the count dead!
In this book, the count is more determined and more ruthless than in the previous novels, but for him, Madelaine is so very dear to him that he would do everything in his power to save her!
History is horror, even more in this book, when the Terror took more lives than any vampire could!
I have really liked many of the previous St. Germain novels, but Quinn Yarbro is starting to get incredibly boring. I had expected to see some cleverness in the resolution of the plot, but it just plodded along. For instance, when Madelaine's captors noted that she was not eating and her body temperature was low, there was the opportunity for her to feign death and St. Germain to claim the body of his blood relative for burial. Then incorporate her into the troupe of actors as a flute player (which had been alluded to earlier) and neatly extricate her from France. But I guess that would not have allowed for enough suffering by the two vampires. And then there was the petulant son, who seemed to have no real purpose to the plot except to brutally stab St. Germain a couple of dozen times. First, for a vampire with supposedly super senses, he certainly does overlook people sneaking up on him to do him harm, and then lets them inflict a great amount of harm in spite of his great strength and fast reflexes. So, the son is inexplicably disposed of by shanghai-ing him off to Africa ala the French Foreign Legion, and his mother apparently agonizes over him long enough to be brutally raped, then seems to forget him. Surely there was a neater way to tie up that loose end. No, I'm afraid Quinn Yarbro is running out of inspiration.