Lestat de Lioncourt (French: [lɛstat də ljɔ̃kuʁ]) is a fictional character from Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles novel series. Born in the mid 1700s, Lestat is an immortal vampire and the antihero of the franchise.

Additionally, Lestat is the primary point of view character and in-universe author of The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, Blood Canticle, Prince Lestat, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, and Blood Communion.

The Vampire Lestat (1985) is a vampire novel by American writer Anne Rice, the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the Vampire (1976). The story is told from the point of view of the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, while Interview is narrated by Louis de Pointe du Lac.

Lestat de Lioncourt is a main character on the AMC gothic horror drama, Interview with the Vampire. He is portrayed by Sam Reid. Lestat is a vampire who offers Louis escape from his mortal life. Lestat was a 34-year-old man when he was allegedly turned by a vampire named Magnus in 1794. He took...

The Vampire Lestat chronicles Lestat de Lioncourt's mortal life, his transformation and his immortal life as well as his internal struggles. The books also offers a differing perspective on the events of Louis' Interview with the Vampire. The story follows Lestat's early …

Lestat de Lioncourt is the main protagonist in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles novel series. Debuting in the first novel Interview with The Vampire, Lestat also acted as the deuteragonist in both the novel and its 1994 film adaptation of the same …

The novel finds Lestat haunted by his past and tiring of immortality. A thief switches bodies with him and runs off, and Lestat enlists David Talbot, leader of the Talamasca and one of his only remaining friends, to help him retrieve it.

Lestat is the vampire responsible for turning Louis into a vampire. Lestat’s origins are unknown—at least in this novel—though Louis knows he must not have been a vampire for too long because Lestat’s father is still alive at the beginning of the book.

Lestat is the protagonist of several novels by Anne Rice, but takes on this role for the first time as the narrator of The Vampire Lestat. He is tall, blond, and defiant. Lestat’s father is the Marquis de Lioncourt, who owns property, but lacks money.

The Vampire Lestat, whom we first met in Interview With the Vampire , has his own story to tell. Anne Rice's second book in The Vampire Chronicles follows Lestat through the ages as he conducts his own search for his origins and to find meaning in what has happened to him.