Elsa Whyte: Secrets of the Vampire

Cover: 9780711285064 | Secrets of the Vampire | Elsa Whyte (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | 2023

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Secrets of the Vampire delves into the storied lore behind one of the world's most enduring supernatural beings, inviting you into the dark to meet the myths and monsters who live there.

Über den Autor

Julie Légère is a writer living and practising in Paris. Secrets of the Witch was her first book for children.

Elsa Whyte is a writer, editor and witch living in Paris. She is the author of Le Génie Pissenlit (The Lucky Dandelion, Le Cosmographe, 2018) and Les Saisons Dans l’Art (Seasons in Art, De La Martinière Jeunesse, 2019), and has translated children’s books into French including Look Up at the Stars (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2019).

Laura Pérez is an illustrator, animator and witch. She studied illustration in Spain, France and Canada and her artwork has been exhibited all over Europe and Asia. She has illustrated several graphic novels but Secrets of the Witch is her first book for children. Her exquisite illustrations have been featured in many publications including The Washington Post, National Geographic and the Wall Street Journal. Laura was awarded the Valendia National Comic Illustration Award in 2015.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

By Way of Introduction…
Vampires around the world
Antiquity & the Origins of Thirst
The reign of bloodthirsty goddesses
Lamia
Revenants of the ancient world
Philinnion, living dead of antiquity
Blood, elixir of the gods
Lilith the accursed
Strigoi, the first Slavic vampires
The Middle Ages, When Revenants Take Shape
When the dead arise from the grave
The draugar of Norse sagas
Vampires and epidemics
Fear of the living dead
The Renaissance, a Dance Led by the Devil
Demonology and vampiric phenomena
Dance of the living dead
The origins of the nightmare
Vampires and werewolves
The Gandillon family
Eastern Europe, Land of the Vampire
The shroud-munching dead
Outbreaks of hasty burials
Vlad the Impaler
Elizabeth Báthory
The faces of the vampire multiply
A gallery of Eastern European vampires
The Enlightenment Paradox: the Vampire is Born
The vampire is baptized
The case of Arnold Paole
Dom Augustin Calmet and the quest for truth
The pope’s letter to the archbishop
Voltaire and the vampire
Vampirism in the light of science and reason
Vampirism put to the medical test
The Vampire Transforms
A triumph of ink and blood
Romantic heroes and femmes fatales
Victorian England shivers with delight
Dracula, the modern myth
Bram Stoker and Marie Nizet
The Mercy Brown case
New Generation Vampires
Dracula on screen, a tale of love and blood
Coppola’s Dracula, the vampire tormented by his sins
Down with Dracula: the birth of the modern vampire
From darkness to light
Buffy the stereotype slayer
Edward Cullen, the eternal Prince Charming
Adam and Eve, immortal lovers of a world in decline
Vampire Symbols and Emblems
Garlic, Silver, Hawthorn, The Vampire Ball, Mist, Canines, Coffin, Bat, Cross, Daylight, Wolf, Shadow, Stake, Dust, Rats, Reflection, Blood, Birthplace, Poppy seeds, Salt, Talons
Glossary

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Kinder & Jugend
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Supernatural Sourcebook
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780711285064
ISBN-10:	0711285063
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Whyte, Elsa Legere, Julie
Illustrator:	Perez, Laura
Hersteller:	Quarto Publishing PLC Supernatural Sourcebook
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	268 x 208 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Elsa Whyte (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.08.2023
Gewicht:	0,508 kg