- The Bloody Red Baron
infobox Book |
name = The Bloody Red Baron
author = Kim Newman
country =United States
language = English
series = "Anno Dracula" series
genre =Alternate History , Horror
publisher =
release_date = 1995
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover &Paperback )
pages = 358 (hardcover)
isbn = 0-7867-0252-4
preceded_by = Anno Dracula
followed_by =Judgment of Tears "The Bloody Red Baron" is a
1995 novel by British authorKim Newman . Is is the second book in the "Anno Dracula" series and takes place thirty years after the former.Plot
The book takes place during
World War One , and centers aroundthe Diogenes Club 's efforts to investigateGermany 's attempt to make powerful, undead fliers. Heading up the German opperations are the likes ofRotwang , Doctor Caligari andDoctor Mabuse . One of their more successful efforts is an undead flier known asthe Red Baron . The story also featuresEdgar Allan Poe as a vampire writer assigned toghost write the Red Baron's autobiography.Setting
The book is set in an
alternate history universe where Professor van Helsing failed in his efforts to killCount Dracula , leading to a vampire renaissance across the world. The book combines a large number of historical and fictional characters, as did its predecessor, "Anno Dracula" and pays tribute to a great many World War One movies and novels.Characters
The novel features a great many characters from other media, including TV and movies, as well as novels and short stories; some are directly named, while others are merely described. The following list is far from complete.
Central Powers Fictional
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Count Dracula - From "Dracula " byBram Stoker
*Brides of Dracula - From "Dracula " byBram Stoker
*Paul Bäumer - From "All Quiet on the Western Front " byErich Maria Remarque
*Doctor Caligari - From the 1920 film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari "
*Baron von Emmelman - The original identity of comic book character "The Heap"
*General Karnstein - From "Carmilla " bySheridan Le Fanu
*Doctor Mabuse - From the works ofNorbert Jacques
*Count Orlok - From the 1922 film "Nosferatu "
*Hjalmar Poelzig - From the 1934 film "The Black Cat"
*Robur - From "Robur the Conqueror " byJules Verne
*Rotwang - From the film "Metropolis"
*Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff - From the film "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp "
*Erich von Stalhein - From the "Biggles " series byW. E. Johns
*Professor Jakob Ten Brincken - From the 1911 novel "Alraune "Real
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Hanns Heinz Ewers
*Franz Ferdinand
*Franz Joseph I of Austria
*Anthony Fokker
*Hermann Göring
*Mata Hari
*Paul von Hindenburg
*Adolf Hitler
*Franz Kafka
*Béla Lugosi
*Erich Ludendorff
*Edgar Allan Poe
*Manfred von Richthofen
*Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
*Kaiser Wilhelm II
*Ferdinand von Zeppelin
=Allies=Fictional
*"Red" Albright - From the "Captain Midnight" radio show
*Kent Allard - From "The Shadow " series byWalter B. Gibson
*Doctor Arrowsmith - From the novel "Arrowsmith" bySinclair Lewis
*John Ashenden - From the novel "" byW. Somerset Maugham
*Jake Barnes - From "The Sun Also Rises " byErnest Hemingway
*James Bigglesworth - From the "Biggles " series byW. E. Johns
*Lady Jennifer Buckingham - From the "Doctor Who " serial "The War Games "
*Clifford Chatterley - From the novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover " byD. H. Lawrence
*Tom Cundall - From the novel "Winged Victory " byVictor Maslin Yeates
*Sergeant Dravot - From "The Man Who Would Be King " byRudyard Kipling
*Bulldog Drummond - From the works ofH. C. McNeile
*Harry Paget Flashman - From the works ofGeorge MacDonald Fraser
*James Gatz (Jay Gatsby) - From "The Great Gatsby " byF. Scott Fitzgerald
*Private Charles Godfrey - From the TV series "Dad's Army "
*Mina Harker - From "Dracula " byBram Stoker
*Ginger Hebblethwaite - From the "Biggles " series byW. E. Johns
*Mycroft Holmes - From the works ofArthur Conan Doyle
*Nick Knight - From the TV series "Forever Knight "
*Kostaki - From "The Pale Lady " byAlexandre Dumas, père
*Algernon "Algy" Lacey - From the "Biggles " series byW. E. Johns
*Bertie Lissie - From the "Biggles " series byW. E. Johns
*General Mireau - From the movie "Paths of Glory "
*Doctor Moreau - From the novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau " byH. G. Wells
*Colonel Nicholson - From the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai "
*Katie Reed - A character from "Dracula" who was cut from the final novel
*Lord Ruthven - From the short story "The Vampyre " by Dr.John William Polidori
*Captain Elliot Spencer - The original identity of Pinhead from the movie "Hellraiser "
*Simon Templar - From "The Saint" novels and TV series.
*Dr Thorndyke - From the novels ofR Austin Freeman
*Herbert West - From the short story "Herbert West—Reanimator " byH. P. Lovecraft Real
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H. H. Asquith
*Albert Ball
*Winston Churchill
*Arthur Rhys Davids
*Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
*David Lloyd George
*Oswald Mosley
*Nicholas II of Russia
*Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
*John J. Pershing
*Philippe Pétain
*Rasputin
*William Robertson
*Mansfield Smith-Cumming
*J. R. R. Tolkien
*King Victor of Britain
*H. G. Wells
*Henry Hughes Wilson Non-aligned
Fictional
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Fantômas - From the works ofMarcel Allain andPierre Souvestre
*Jules and Jim - From the movie "Jules and Jim "
*Oliver Mellors - From the novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover "
*Charles Plumpick - From the 1966 film "King of Hearts"
*Snoopy - From " Peanuts" byCharles M. Schulz
*Švejk - From "The Good Soldier Švejk " byJaroslav Hašek Real
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Vladimir Lenin External links
* [http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/AnnoDracula.htm The Wold Newton Universe - The Anno Dracula Character Guide]
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