Harriet Brandt is young, wealthy, beautiful-and surrounded by unease. Born in Jamaica to a troubled family history and newly arrived in Europe, Harriet longs for friendship, affection, and a place in society. Yet those who draw close to her begin to suffer in strange and disturbing ways. Beneath the surface of polite company, whispers gather around her origins, her inheritance, and the possibility that something dangerous passes through her blood. As fascination turns to fear, Harriet becomes the centre of a dark psychological and supernatural mystery in which heredity, desire, prejudice, and the idea of vampirism become dangerously entangled. Gothic, unsettling, and deeply concerned with the anxieties of its age, The Blood of the Vampire is Florence Marryat's haunting tale of identity, inherited guilt, social suspicion, and a woman feared for what others believe she may be.