Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They form a tenuous alliance with McKee and Crawford and are confronted with an ancient vampire queen, a sort of partner to Polidori, bent on England's annihilation. Meanwhile, Polidori's presence in the Rossetti siblings' lives enhances their talents and keeps them from illness, but his murderous jealousy of those they love leads them to conclude that he must be stopped for good. McKee, who now deals in songbirds, informs Crawford that their daughter is alive, but is being targeted by Polidori. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.Īfter a prelude in which a young Christina Rossetti inadvertently welcomes in the vampiric ghost of her uncle, Dr John Polidori (who was at one time Lord Byron's physician), 'Graves' begins in 1862 London, with veterinarian John Crawford learning that his encounter with Adelaide McKee, then a prostitute, produced a daughter. ![]()
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