• Blackwood Farm

  • The Vampire Chronicles
  • By: Anne Rice
  • Narrated by: David Pittu
  • Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,441 ratings)

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Blackwood Farm

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: David Pittu
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Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, 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 doppelganger, a spirit known as Goblin, a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can't escape. When Quinn is made a vampire, his doppelganger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself.

As the novel moves backward and forward 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 specter 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.

©2002 Anne O'Brien Rice (P)2002 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.

Critic reviews

"A completely fresh story, a gripping gothic yarn that revives the series." (Booklist)
"Using lush, voluptuous prose, Rice tells a complex and mesmerizing story." (Library Journal)

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old is new again

I have this book and I have read it a few times, it was lovely hearing it.

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Don’t wait!

Not sure why I waited so long to continue with the vampire chronicles! Amazing!!! It’s like coming home!

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The usual excellence from Anne Rice!!

Oh how I have missed Anne Rice's classic characters, beautiful descriptions and tantalizing storylines!
I didn't realize I had missed this book in the series. Listened to the audio book and it was wonderful. narration was excellent. Really loved the relationship that developed between Lestat and the main character. Once again Anne, you've left me thirsting for more! I'm already off to the next in the series, "Blood Canticle".

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Ties Witches with Vampires, starts a great tale

This book takes the end of the Mayfair Witches and weaves them into the Vampire Chronicles beautifully. This is a haunting tale told by a remarkable narrator and it's everything I could've ever hoped for in a mixture between the two worlds. However, if you haven't read the Mayfair stories yet, you are likely to be very lost for this one.

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Blackwood Farm

Excellent! True to her prior books, Ann Rice weaves together the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witches. Lestat is back along with others from the past, eg Rowan Mayfair, Michael Curry, Mona Mayfair, etc. Grips from beginning to end. Must also read Blood Canticle as it is almost a BF part 2...

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Beautiful and brilliant

The journey was thorough and vivid. Louisiana culture … mixed heritage and spirits… secrets and familiars - I don’t want to give anything away but now I will be delving into the Mayfair Witches and I didn’t care about them before. I only wanted the vampires. The narration by David Pittu was so satisfyingly versatile

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Loved it!!

This book is why I love Anne Rice. She always leaves you wanting more!!

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Love Anne Rice!

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I've read all of Anne Rice's Vampire books. Blackwood Farm was one that I just never finished so I bought the audible version. I'm so glad I did! The narrator brought the book to life. I found myself laughing at times because of how he brought the main character to life.

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Loved it so much I wish she had more books. I want to hear more about Mona Mayfair.

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If you enjoy horror this is a good one

The story is so compelling and interesting for the lovers of the mysteriousI and macabre. I love the performance of the read and the length of the tale.

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