The Bloody Red Baron is a 1995 science fiction novel by British author Kim Newman. It is the second book in the Anno Dracula series and takes place during the Great War, 30 years after the first novel.
The book takes place during World War I. It explores the Diogenes Club's efforts to investigate Germany's attempt to make powerful, undead fliers. Heading up the German operations are the likes of Rotwang, Doctor Caligari and Doctor Mabuse. One of their more successful efforts is an undead flier known as the Red Baron. The story also features Edgar Allan Poe as a vampire writer assigned to ghost write the Red Baron's autobiography.
The book is set in an alternate history universe in which Professor Van Helsing failed in his efforts to kill Count Dracula. This resulted in a vampire proliferation 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 I movies and novels.
The novel features numerous characters from other media, including TV and movies, as well as published novels and short stories. Some are directly named, while others are described. The following list is far from complete.
Count Dracula - Dracula by Bram StokerBrides of Dracula - Dracula by Bram StokerPaul Bäumer — All Quiet on the Western Front, anti-war novel by Erich Maria RemarqueDoctor Caligari — The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) filmBaron von Emmelman — Comic book character The HeapGeneral Karnstein — Carmilla by Sheridan Le FanuDoctor Mabuse - Norbert Jacques' literary worksCount Orlok - Nosferatu (1922) filmHjalmar Poelzig — From the 1934 film The Black CatRobur — Robur the Conqueror by Jules VerneRotwang - Metropolis (1927) filmTheo Kretschmar-Schuldorff — From the film The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpErich von Stalhein — Biggles series by W. E. JohnsProfessor Jakob Ten Brincken — Alraune (1911) novelLemora - Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1971) filmFaustine - Algernon Charles Swinburne published a poem of the same nameChateau du Malinbois - Stories of vampire-haunted Averoigne by Clark Ashton SmithRenamed Schloß Adler (The Castle of the Eagles) - Where Eagles Dare (1968) filmHanns Heinz EwersFranz FerdinandFranz Joseph I of AustriaAnthony FokkerHermann GöringFritz HaarmannMata HariPaul von HindenburgAdolf HitlerFranz KafkaPeter KürtenBéla LugosiErich LudendorffFriedrich Wilhelm MurnauEdgar Allan PoeManfred von RichthofenSophie, Duchess of HohenbergKaiser Wilhelm IIFerdinand von ZeppelinWinston Churchill"Red" Albright - Captain Midnight radio showKent Allard - The Shadow series by Walter B. GibsonDoctor Arrowsmith - Arrowsmith, novel by Sinclair LewisAshenden - Ashenden: Or the British Agent, novel by W. Somerset MaughamJake Barnes — The Sun Also Rises, novel by Ernest HemingwayEddie Bartlett — The Roaring Twenties filmJames Bigglesworth — From the Biggles series by W. E. JohnsLady Jennifer Buckingham — Doctor Who serial The War GamesJerry Dandridge — Fright Night filmClifford Chatterley — Lady Chatterley's Lover, novel by D. H. LawrenceCaleb Croft - Grave of the Vampire (or "Seed of Terror") filmCourtney - The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)Tom Cundall — Winged Victory, novel by Victor Maslin YeatesSergeant Dravot - The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard KiplingBulldog Drummond - the works of H. C. McNeileJames Gatz (Jay Gatsby) - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPrivate Charles Godfrey - From the TV series Dad's Army' '(referred to as "the Quaker stretcher-bearer, Godfrey")Mina Harker - Dracula by Bram StokerGinger Hebblethwaite — From the Biggles series by W. E. JohnsMycroft Holmes - From the works of Arthur Conan DoyleNick Knight - From the TV series Forever KnightKostaki — From The Pale Lady by Alexandre Dumas, pèreAlgernon "Algy" Lacey — From the Biggles series by W. E. JohnsBertie Lissie — From the Biggles series by W. E. Johns; an upper-class character who wears a monocle, utters clichéd expressions, and bears some resemblance to P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster.Cary Lockwood - From the 1931 film, The Last FlightLt. Col. Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair - One of Doc Savage's five assistantsGeneral Mireau — From the movie Paths of GloryDoctor Moreau - From the novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. WellsKate Reed — A character from Dracula who was cut from the final novelLord Ruthven - From the short story The Vampyre by Dr. John William PolidoriSeverin — From the film Near DarkCaptain Elliot Spencer — The original identity of Pinhead from the movie HellraiserSimon Templar - From The Saint novels and TV series.Tietjens - Probably Christopher Tietjens from "Parade's End" by Ford Maddox FordDr. Thorndyke - From the novels of R. Austin FreemanIsolde - From the French film, "Le frisson des vampires"Jedediah Leland - From Orson Welles's Citizen KaneHerbert West - From the short story "Herbert West–Reanimator" by H. P. LovecraftLord Peter Wimsey - From the Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L. Sayers (referred to as "the second son of the Duke of Denver")Wilson - From the Biggles series of booksClive Wynne-Candy - From the film, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.H. H. AsquithAlbert BallWinston ChurchillArthur Rhys DavidsDouglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigDavid Lloyd GeorgeOswald MosleyNicholas II of RussiaAlexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of RussiaCharles NungesserJohn J. PershingPhilippe PétainRasputinWilliam RobertsonMansfield Smith-CummingJ. R. R. TolkienKing Victor of BritainH. G. WellsHenry Hughes WilsonFantômas - From the works of Marcel Allain and Pierre SouvestreJules and Jim — From the movie Jules and JimPerle von Mauren — From Carl Jacobi's Revelations in BlackOliver Mellors — From the novel Lady Chatterley's LoverCharles Plumpick — From the 1966 film King of HeartsSnoopy - From Peanuts by Charles M. SchulzŠvejk — From The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav HašekLangstrom of Gotham University/Man-Bat - Robert Kirkland (Kirk) Langstrom of DC Comics'Batman fame; an anachronism of courseJacques Lantier - From Émile Zola's novel La Bête humaineDes Esseintes - From A rebours by Joris-Karl HuysmansSadie Thompson - From the eponymous 1928 filmLola-Lola - From the 1930 German film, The Blue AngelGigi - From the French novella Gigi by ColetteJiggs - From the 1958 American film, The Tarnished AngelsJudex - From the 1912 silent French serialVladimir Lenin
