The Bloody Red Baron

Did You Know?

• Edgar Allan Poe appears as a vampire writer assigned to ghostwrite the Red Baron's autobiography.
• The Diogenes Club investigates Germany's attempt to make powerful, undead fliers.
• The novel pays tribute to a great many World War I movies and novels.

Characters

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 appears, as do the Brides of Dracula. Paul Bäumer from All Quiet on the Western Front is present, along with Doctor Caligari from the 1920 film. Baron von Emmelman, a comic book character known as The Heap, appears, as does Hammer, the comic book character Enemy Ace. Hardt from the 1939 film The Spy in Black is included, as is General Karnstein from Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. Doctor Mabuse from Norbert Jacques' literary works appears, along with Baron Meinster from the 1960 film The Brides of Dracula. Doctor Orlof from the 1962 film The Awful Dr. Orloff is present, as is Count Orlok from the 1922 film Nosferatu. Hjalmar Poelzig from the 1934 film The Black Cat appears, along with Robur from Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne. Rotwang from the 1927 film Metropolis is included, as is Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff from the film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Bruno Stachel from the 1966 film The Blue Max appears, along with Erich von Stalhein from the Biggles series by W. E. Johns. Professor Jakob Ten Brincken from the 1911 novel Alraune is present, as is Armand Tesla from the 1943 film The Return of the Vampire. Lemora from the 1971 film Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural appears, along with Faustine from a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Gregory von Bayern from The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford is included. Chateau du Malinbois from stories of vampire-haunted Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith appears, renamed Schloß Adler from the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare. Doktor Krueger, a recurring villain of G8 and His Battle Aces first appearing in The Bat Staffel, is present. Historical figures include Oswald Boelcke, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Joseph I, Anthony Fokker, Erich von Falkenhayn, Hermann Göring, Fritz Haarmann, Mata Hari, Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, Max Immelmann, Franz Kafka, Peter Kürten, Béla Lugosi, Erich Ludendorff, Helmuth von Moltke, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Edgar Allan Poe, Willi Sanke, Peter Strasser, Ernst Udet, Manfred von Richthofen, Lothar von Richthofen, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Wilhelm II, and Ferdinand von Zeppelin.