Dixen Victor - The Court Of Shadows - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Dixen excels at concocting unexpected detours and jaw - dropping cliffhangers. Anne Rice fans will be especially enthralled. Publishers Weekly (starred review) A fiery heroine seeks vengeance against a royal court of deadly vampires in this epic alternate history set in lavish Versailles. Louis XIV transformed from the Sun King into the King of Shadows when he embraced immortality and became the world's first vampire. For the last three centuries he has been ruling the kingdom from the decadent Court of Shadows in Versailles demanding the blood of his subjects to sate his nobles thirst and maintain their loyalty. In the heart of rural France commoner Jeanne Froidelac witnesses the king's soldiers murder her family and learns of her parents role in a brewing rebellion involving the forbidden secrets of alchemy. To seek her revenge Jeanne disguises herself as an aristocrat and enrolls in a prestigious school for aspiring courtiers. She soon finds herself at the doors of the palace of Versailles. But Jeanne of course is no aristocrat. She dreams not of court but of blood. The blood of a king.
Title: The Court Of Shadows
Author(s): Dixen Victor
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781662505690
Pages: 382 Pages
Publication Date: 9/19/2023
Series: Vampyria Saga
Category: Fiction: Special Features