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What Manner of Man

Tanya Huff

First published May 1996
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Henry Fitzroy

Synopsis

Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII and <I>Vampire</i> foils a spy's plan to betray England to Napoleon's forces. And does it within the constrained manners of London high society at that time.

Notes

This story is about Henry Fitzroy and is set well before Victory Nelson came on the scene. This story is set in London at a point in time around the years 1813 to 1815 with the dating references being:

  • “George Gordon, the sixth Lord Byron, celebrated author of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, was indeed a handsome young man.” This lengthy narrative poem was published from 1812 to 1818. George Gordon was 24 to 30 years old at the time.
  • Frequent references to Napoleon being in power. This ended in June 1815.

Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1996 Cover The Time of the Vampires DAW Books Anthology 132
April 1999 Cover What Ho, Magic! Meisha Merlin Collection 284
September 2004 Cover The Time of the Vampires BP Books / ibooks Anthology 132
September 2006 Cover The Blood Books, Volume 3 DAW Books Omnibus 340
May 2008 Cover Blood Bank DAW Books Collection 28
March 2012 Cover Blood Bank Audible Studios Collection
January 2021 Cover Blood Banked: Stories from the Blood 'Verse JABberwocky Literary Agency Collection |2