Moon Rising

by Ann Victoria Roberts

Book Overview

One long hot summer in the 1880s Bram Stoker escaped to seaside Whitby from the pressures of theatre life in London. These months are unaccounted for, and around them Ann Victoria Roberts has woven a passionate, mysterious, and enthralling novel.A married Bram Stoker, about to begin the writing of his famous novel, develops a dangerous relationship with a local girl from an old seafaring family, who introduces him to the wild sea, the wrecks, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312272944
• ISBN13: 9780312272944
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Addictive!...

...is how I'd describe Roberts' book, Moon Rising. The characters, setting and romance are so vividly described, that I couldn't help but be sucked in, transformed back to the time of Victorian England and the coastal town setting of Whitby. The first person narrative works quite well, in a Rebecca, Jane Eyre kind of way. This is not a light read; the book is dark, passionate, intense, gripping...sometimes shocking. Indeed, not for the faint of heart. The intensity of the relationships described, especially between that of Bram Stoker and Demaris, actually left my heart pounding. I applaud Roberts for her thorough research of Whitby and Stoker. Especially, I appreciate her courage to write about the mysterious Stoker, and, through Moon Rising, attempt to provide an explanation for Stoker's character, reasons behind Dracula and his whereabouts during a certain time in his life--it was fun pondering the possibilities!