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Ho freddo

By Gianfranco Manfredi

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| Hardcover | 9788889541258

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Book Description

Sono gemelli, fratello e sorella. Si chiamano Aline e Valcour de Valmont. Discendono da una stirpe di medici di corte, esperti in malattie epidemiche. La loro famiglia è scappata in Inghilterra alla vigilia della Rivoluzione Francese e da lì Aline e Valcour si sono imbarcati alla volta del Nuovo MonContinue

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Ho freddo

Providence, fine del ‘700. Una strana “epidemia” colpisce la città: si tratta della peste vampirica, che spinge le giovinette al delirio, alla consunzione e all’irrefrenabile desiderio di sangue, condannandole infine alla dannazione eterna. Aline e V ... (read full critics)

mangialibri published on Fri, 17 Feb 2012

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a MUST read for 7 reasons

1) if you like Gothic Romance, Mystery and Macabre classical kind of Horror Fictions (dark-stormy atmospheres, fears, obsessions, psychic and health illnesses, burying grounds, ghosts, curses... you know, Edgar Allan Poe kind of Gothic Fiction).
2) if you LOVE well-documented fictions base ... (continue)

1) if you like Gothic Romance, Mystery and Macabre classical kind of Horror Fictions (dark-stormy atmospheres, fears, obsessions, psychic and health illnesses, burying grounds, ghosts, curses... you know, Edgar Allan Poe kind of Gothic Fiction).
2) if you LOVE well-documented fictions based on real existed people, well described real cities and real facts (Gianfranco Manfredi's postscript is just an example of the huge amount of researches he did and all the documentation he used. I really enjoyed and loved the postscrip!).
3) if you are in LOVE with the topic of changing of the human customs, minds and morals during the Age of Enlightenment (you'll find in this book a little bit of France, British Empire, American Colonies but most of all the fascinating Rhode Island of the 18th and 19th century!).
4) if you are interested in the historical and medical origins of the popular beliefs in Vampires (Vampirism roots), Ghouls and Revenants.
5) if you like books built upon the solid foundations of the proper written language (i don't know the translated versions but the italian original language is so nice and poetic).
6) SPOILER: if you LOVE sharp, cynical, sarcastic but pure-harted male and female characters (and you also LOVE smelling shounenai scent between hot-sexy... better i stop xD).
7) last but not least, if you like a certain kind of ending (i'm not talking about it in here) and the possibility to find your favourite characters in a second episode (sequel: http://goo.gl/3cB4h).
some links:
- Gianfranco Manfredi's official http://goo.gl/6sbt2
- Gianfranco Manfredi's "gothic and mistery" literature http://goo.gl/GYn5o
note: please, do not read this book if you think "Twilight" is a (good) vampires saga neither if you think it's well written.

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