Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice - A Decadent, "Historical" Tale

Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free People of Color--men and women caught periolously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion and pain.
Anne Rice seems to be at home everywhere....She makes us believe everything she sees.
THE NEW YORK TIMES

A Decadent, "Historical" Tale
Although most of her legion of fans may not immediately recognize them, Anne Rice has written two excellent works of historical fiction, having nothing whatsoever to do with vampires, witches, mummies sex, or even Jesus Christ.

The other work, "Cry to Heaven", is the account of one of the famous castrati, young boys subjected to horrible personal degredation in the pursuit of art.

This is the other. Feast of All Saints covers the Gens de Couleur Libre-- the Free Persons of Colour, a special class within Southern society made up of tradespersons and freed slaves. Like all Antebellum Southern society, this special enclave was filled wtih the twists and turns and endless social and societal requirements placed on it from within and without, while also dealing with the constant, pressing spectre of their place in the greater society of the city of New Orleans and the South in general.

Rice creates a compelling tale of the rise and fall of a number of intertwined Gens families in the Quarter, showing how they come to terms with their roles in society, their own families, and their own lives. It is well-written and compelling, and Rice shows an excellent understanding of their Outsider mentality.

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