ALSO BY ANNE RICE
The Wolves of Midwinter
Interview with the Vampire: Claudia’s Story
The Wolf Gift
Of Love and Evil
Angel Time
Cal ed Out of Darkness
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Blood Canticle
Blackwood Farm
Blood and Gold
Merrick
Vittorio, the Vampire
The Vampire Armand
Pandora
Violin
Servant of the Bones
Memnoch the Devil
Taltos
Lasher
The Tale of the Body Thief
The Witching Hour
The Mummy
The Queen of the Damned
The Vampire Lestat
Cry to Heaven
The Feast of Al Saints
Interview with the Vampire
UNDER THE NAME ANNE RAMPLING
Exit to Eden
Belinda
UNDER THE NAME A. N. ROQUELAURE
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Beauty’s Punishment
Beauty’s Release
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Copyright © 2014 by Anne O’Brien Rice
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rice, Anne, [date]
Prince Lestat / Anne Rice.
pages cm — (The vampire chronicles)
ISBN 978-0-307-96252-2 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-307-96253-9 (eBook) 1. Vampires—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3568.1265P86 2014
813′.54—dc23 2014009319
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.