The Tale of the Body Thief this feeling to William Blake's poem The Tyger, which is quoted piecemeal throughout the entire novel: At the end of the story, Lestat realizes with horror that he must have been the "tiger" of his visions. In 2007, "The Tale of the Body Thief" was rumored to be adapted into film as United Artists was interested in purchasing the film rights to the novel. Rice announced via her Facebook profile on February 7, 2012 that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's film production company, Imagine Entertainment, had optioned the motion picture rights to the novel. Lee Patterson was to have written
HMS Tyger 1741 "Tyger" was assigned to blockade duty off the western tip of Cuba, under the command of Captain Edward Herbert. He had learned from the captured crew of a small Cuban sailing vessel (a "periagua") that Spanish ships were preparing to sail in both directions between Havana, Cuba and Vera Cruz, Mexico. Early in 1742, anxious to capture a valuable prize, Captain Herbert left his assigned station to move closer to the expected path of the shipping between Havana and Vera Cruz. On 11 January, the "Tyger" approached low-lying islands. The officers became confused, first correctly identifying the islands as