- Mass Market Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (31 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345443683
- ISBN-13: 978-0345443687
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,159,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Publication to coincide with new Vampire Chronicle BLOOD CANTICLE in hardback.
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In her new novel, perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative -- her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches -- to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets.
Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelgänger, “Goblin,” a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can’t escape and that prevents him from belonging anywhere. When Quinn is made a Vampire, losing all that is rightfully his and gaining an unwanted immortality, his doppelgänger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself.
As the novel moves backwards and forwards in time, from Quinn’s boyhood on Blackwood Farm to present day New Orleans, from ancient Athens to 19th-century Naples, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the spectre that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp and the explosive secrets it holds.
A story of youth and promise, of loss and the search for love, of secrets and destiny, Blackwood Farm is Anne Rice at her mesmerizing best.
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Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelgänger, “Goblin,” a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can’t escape and that prevents him from belonging anywhere. When Quinn is made a Vampire, losing all that is rightfully his and gaining an unwanted immortality, his doppelgänger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself.
As the novel moves backwards and forwards in time, from Quinn’s boyhood on Blackwood Farm to present day New Orleans, from ancient Athens to 19th-century Naples, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the spectre that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp and the explosive secrets it holds.
A story of youth and promise, of loss and the search for love, of secrets and destiny, Blackwood Farm is Anne Rice at her mesmerizing best.
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Lestat, If you find this letter in your house in the Rue Royale, and I do sincerely think you will find it-you'll know at once that I've broken your rules. Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Blackwood Farm is another uniquly writtten feature in The Vampire Cronicles.
As a big fan of Anne Rice and her works, I was unsure at first that her latest book may start to repeat the others - but I was pleasently surprised.
Blackwood Farm is a faboulously told story, which kept me on the edge of my seat, eager to read more.
I was sucked into the amazing world of Tarquin Blackwood and his spirit friend, Goblin, and the many trials they face together as they grow - and how Goblin becomes more powerful and frightening.
This book is a must for all fans of the Vampire Chronicles!
As a big fan of Anne Rice and her works, I was unsure at first that her latest book may start to repeat the others - but I was pleasently surprised.
Blackwood Farm is a faboulously told story, which kept me on the edge of my seat, eager to read more.
I was sucked into the amazing world of Tarquin Blackwood and his spirit friend, Goblin, and the many trials they face together as they grow - and how Goblin becomes more powerful and frightening.
This book is a must for all fans of the Vampire Chronicles!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
i've been waiting to read Blackwood Farm for months, and have finally done so and in the process not been dissapointed.
i read the book in a matter of days, about Quinn's life and his connection to Goblin his 'twin ghost'. Though i was disappointed in learning that Lestat was in the background, it still had the creativity of the other anne rice books and definately worth the read. The ending was surprising but made the book worthwhile and i can't wait for the supposed last book of the chronicles 'blood canticle'.
I definately recommend it to any anne rice fan.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's a refreshing change to see Lestat back in action, albeit in the background. Blackwood Farm revolves around the character of Quinn, an impulsive young lord full of life and exploration yet secrelty haunted. Sound familiar? Quinn is basically Lestat's younger brother which is why the majority of you out there will probably love this book.
Personally I feel that this book is certainly more enchanting than Rice's most recent titles yet I do feel that there is something missing.
Unfortunately there's only so much story you can tell around a vampire, it drinks blood, it learns, it makes mistakes and it pines for a life it's lost. Rice has explorered all of the above and I feel that she's exhausted her bank of inspiration. I'm sincerely looking forward to a refreshing tale from her, perhaps she should bring back the beloved Lestat as a central character...
Blackwood Farm yearns to be a Vampire Chronicle and it succeeds where Vittorio and even Merrick failed. It's passionate, it's haunting and it's alluring and no doubt those of you who will be reading it will enjoy it. I certainly did.
Personally I feel that this book is certainly more enchanting than Rice's most recent titles yet I do feel that there is something missing.
Unfortunately there's only so much story you can tell around a vampire, it drinks blood, it learns, it makes mistakes and it pines for a life it's lost. Rice has explorered all of the above and I feel that she's exhausted her bank of inspiration. I'm sincerely looking forward to a refreshing tale from her, perhaps she should bring back the beloved Lestat as a central character...
Blackwood Farm yearns to be a Vampire Chronicle and it succeeds where Vittorio and even Merrick failed. It's passionate, it's haunting and it's alluring and no doubt those of you who will be reading it will enjoy it. I certainly did.
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Blackwood Farm is Outstandingly epic
Anne Rice brings us on a trip to the beautiful deep south of America where she stunningly combines two of her most famous creations The world of the her vampires with that of her... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sean de Lyon
THE BEST SO FAR
I have read all the Vampire Chronicles in the order they have come out (except reading Lestat first as i thought because i have seen Interview - the film that would be sufficient -... Read more
Published 21 months ago by mrskvetoslavac
This is what started my addiction to Rice...
Oddly enough, this was the first Anne Rice book I read. Which is an odd place to start since it is almost the last one Lestat and Co. appear in.
That said, I loved it. Read more
That said, I loved it. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tohru
a page turner
Here Anne introduces another loveable vampire, this one so darn likeable! Quinn Blackwood! And oh Aunt Queen and Goblin and the ominous Petronia! EEEEE! A hermaphrodite Vampire? Read more
Published 24 months ago by Rebecca
Please complete these beautiful chronicles for yourself and don't let...
This is a review for Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle as i think they must be treated as one.
This book along with the Blood Canticle is fantastic and part of the most... Read more
This book along with the Blood Canticle is fantastic and part of the most... Read more
Published on 28 July 2008 by Ms. L. Pitchford
Cleverly done
I don't know why, but it always takes me ages to get through Anne Rice's books BUT I thoroughly enjoy reading them. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2008 by Nicola
Okay...
This book was much more of a struggle to get through than all of the others put together. I struggled at the start the most - the long and complicated conversation between Lestat... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2007 by Mrs. S. A. Harris
A bit of classic Rice, with a few blunders.
Blackwood Farm, although written with Rice's typical enchanting vernacular is not quite up to par with her earlier works. Read more
Published on 6 May 2007 by JRGuitargeek
Well paced and interesting...
Once again the reviews confound me. I thought this was a well paced book with a really great story. It continued the tie in to the Mayfair Witches, which is a good business move... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2006 by DR T. S. Hall
Why, Merrick, Why?
I liked this book - true, it is not as enthralling as "Interview" and the earlier books, but I liked the idea of "Goblin" and finding out who he was. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2006 by 5021
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