Lestat de Lioncourt

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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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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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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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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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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