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That said, I must point out that I said "like" not love. I enjoyed "The Witching Hour" but the darkness of the Vampire novels made them heavy going. I did manage to get through...oh, two thirds of "Interview" before it just got too darned depressing. My problem with The Divine Ms. R. stems from my inability to derive all that much entertainment from reading about anti heroes having sex with children.
That's why, it was with some trepidation that I picked up "The Mummy, or Ramses The Damned". I LOVE the whole, turn of the century, dashing Egyptologist, Pith Helmet and Papyrus vibe, so I knew that it would be good. I just feared that the dark studies in moral ambiguity stuff would intrude overmuch and cast too dark a pall for unalloyed enjoyment.
Boy was I wrong!
The Mummy is a sparkler! Romantic but not cloying, it presents a sunny world peopled with likeable, engaging main characters. There IS darkness, but darkness doesn't rule.
Our heroine, Miss Julie Stratford, is courageous, noble, and rich enough to afford to be both. Ramses is dashing, good natured, semi barbaric and completely likeable in his innocent self assurance. He is as real as idealized fantasy can get.
(NOTE TO HOLLYWOOD: Brendan Fraser for the lead. He's got the innocent-but-totally-aware thing down pat)
Anne's reflections on life, death and the nature of immortality are, as always, sensibly put and intriguing. You'd have to be heartless not to cheer when old Lord Rutherford defies the vicious cruelty of age and infirmity, throws away his stick and once again looks on his world with all the clarity of a twenty year old. It should happen to all of us.
This glittering story deserves a sequel. The adventures of all of these newly minted immortals would be fascinating. My only fear is that rather than maintaining the frothy pleasure of the original we would be condemned to seeing once likeable characters become dissolute and cynical, and if I know my Anne Rice novels, sure as shooting somebody would end up having sex with a child.
Ancient Egypt is still a fascinating subject for many, and in some cases any book that has a mummy or pyramid on its cover will sell but let you down. This fabulous novel won't. It is a gorgeous read that captures the flavour of the Edwardian period perfectly. Read and enjoy! But boy, does this novel cry out for a sequel...
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