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Blackwood Farm is one of the more recent books in The Vampire Chronicles series, written by Anne Rice. Blackwood Farm - Synopsis. The main character is Tarquin "Quinn" Blackwood, a child of the Blackwood clan, which is a powerful and old family in New Orleans. Tarquin is haunted by a mysterious ghost named Goblin who is mercilessly tormenting him. He realizes that he is unable to defeat this creature alone. Risking his life, Quinn embarks upon a quest to enlist the aid of the vampire Lestat d ...

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Akasha is the name of the title character in Anne Rice's novel The Queen of the Damned. In Rice's fictional vampire universe, Akasha is the very first vampire created. As told in the novel, Akasha was originally a Queen in Kemet, she and her King Enkil wanted their people to turn away from their cannibalistic ways. She was fascinated by the spirits of the supernatural, calling the "red haired witch sisters" Maharet and Mekare to her court to commune with the spirits. Amel is a spirit that frequently fed and communicated with the sist ...

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The Queen of the Damned - Plot Summary. The plot of Queen of the Damned is extensive and complex. The first part of the book tracks several different people over the same period of several days. We are introduced to several new mortals and vampires who will become part of the so-called Coven of the Articulate: Pandora, Jesse, Maharet, Khayman, David Talbot, and Eric. We also see several characters from the earlier books: Armand, Daniel (the "boy reporter" of Interview with the Vampire), Marius, and ...

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The Queen of the Damned, The Queen of the Damned - Synopsis, The Queen of the Damned - Plot Summary, The Queen of the Damned - The Origin of Vampires, The Queen of the Damned - Vampiric Gifts, The Queen of the Damned - Differences between the Movie and the Book, The Queen of the Damned - Bibliography

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At the beginning of the story, Lestat grows depressed and becomes remorseful because of his vampiric nature. Although he tries to limit his victims to murderers, serial killers and other criminals, he nonetheless caves into temptation once in a while and kills an "innocent" or someone who he feels does not necessarily deserve to die. Lestat also suffers from constant nightmares concerning his late ...

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The Tale of the Body Thief, The Tale of the Body Thief - Synopsis, The Tale of the Body Thief - Motifs

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Anne Rice's vampires are different in several ways from classic vampires like Dracula. Rice's creatures are not affected by the usual weapons against classic vampires: garlic, crosses or silver, and they cannot be killed with wooden stakes. They need blood, but not every day. Human blood is preferred as it is more nutritious, but animal blood is also used. They do not age physically, but vampires younger than a thousand yea ...

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After stalking and killing a ruthless mobster named Roger, Lestat is approached by his ghost. At the same time, he is becoming increasingly paranoid that he's being followed by the devil himself, and he is growing interested in Roger's daughter Dora, a devout and popular television evangelist who he wants to spare embarrassment. Lestat and his companions try to protect her "church" from the fact that her father was a killer. Eventually, Lestat meets the devil, who calls himself Memnoch. He takes Lestat on a whirlwind tour of heaven, h ...

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Film - Akasha is portrayed as having dark golden skin and black eyes (she is in fact played in the movie by African American actress Aaliyah). Book - Akasha and Enkil are as white as marble, all skin pigmentation having been lost completely due to their extremely advanced vampiric age, and Akasha has blue eyes. Film - Marius is Lestat's maker, and is portrayed with short dark hair and dark eyes. Book - Magnus is Lestat's maker; Lestat doesn't meet Marius, who is said to have long blonde hair and blue eyes, until about ten years after he has been ...

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The Queen of the Damned, The Queen of the Damned - Synopsis, The Queen of the Damned - Plot Summary, The Queen of the Damned - The Origin of Vampires, The Queen of the Damned - Vampiric Gifts, The Queen of the Damned - Differences between the Movie and the Book, The Queen of the Damned - Bibliography

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The Vampire Chronicles - The Vampire Chronicles. Interview with the Vampire (1976) The Vampire Lestat (1985) The Queen of the Damned (1988) The Tale of the Body Thief (1992) Memnoch the Devil (1995) The Vampire Armand (1998) Merrick (2000) Blood and Gold (2001) Blackwood Farm (2002) Blood Canticle (2003) The Vampire Chronicles - New Tales of the Vampires. Pandora< ...

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The Vampire Chronicles - The Vampire Chronicles. The first book in the series, it tells the story of Louis de Pointe du Lac, a French nobleman living on a Louisiana plantation in the late 18th century. In the 20th century, Louis allows himself to be interviewed by a reporter and tells the tale of his transformation. He was made into a vampire by the charismatic Lestat de Lioncourt, the central hero of Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Lestat and Louis lived together for almost a century in New Orleans, along with the child vampire Claudia; but Louis, discontented with his new immortal life, eventuall ...

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