With her consent, he makes her a vampire as well and saves her from her own death. When Lestat then gets word that his dying mother is in Paris to see him, he goes to her and reveals his true nature. Shortly after, Magnus goes into the fire and kills himself, leaving Lestat on his own to figure things out.

This vampire, Magnus, later breaks into Lestat's apartment and takes him away to his lair and makes him a vampire. One night, while on stage, he has his first encounter with a vampire. It is while they are in Paris that things take a different path for Lestat. Ultimately, he takes off with his friend Nicholas to the city of Paris to be a big success on the stage. His life is permanently changed with his relationship with his family.

This one event is the catalyst for much of the action that comes after. As a young man, he hunts a pack of wolves and is victorious. There is not any one thing that occurs to him that he cannot or should not do. He consistently goes against the natural grain of things. The lush imagery abounds from his early days as the marquis' son in the Auvergne, to Paris as the indefatigable Lelio on stage, to his fledgling days as a vampire, to his quest for knowledge from the ancient vampire Marius, and back to Lestat's wild on stage performance in San Francisco.įrom the beginning, Lestat, even as a mortal, is seen as impetuous and stubborn. The story also follows as he seeks answers and meanings of the origin of his immortality. The vampire Lestat recounts his mortal and immortal history as he creates emotional turmoil in his wake. The Vampire Lestat is a story of wicked but beautiful beings, good and evil, the quest for knowledge and, ultimately, love.

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