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Anne rice, american author best known for her novels about vampires and other supernatural creatures. As the various elements and characters converge, rice s popular antihero lestat becomes obsessed with becoming a saint. Blood canticle 2003 in a novel by anne rice in which she combines the new characters from her novel blackwood farm with those from her previous novels in the vampire chronicles and the lives of the mayfair witches trilogy. The people have spoken, and rice takes offense the new york. Dec 14, 2003 anne rice writes exclusively to web site visitors about her thoughts on blood canticle.
The protagonist is a young mayfair witch named mona. Blackwood farm is the ninth book in the vampire chronicles by anne rice. Almost a part 2 to blackwood farm, this is a must read. Anne rice anne rice continues her astonishing vampire chronicles in a new novel that begins where blackwood farm left off and tells the story of lestats quest for redemption, goodness, and the love of rowan mayfair. Writer anne rice, whose extravagant fictions about vampires and witches have made her famous and rich, vents her anger at readers who dare criticize her latest book blood canticle on the website and ends her lengthy, singleparagraph tirade by giving her home address in new orleans and promising refunds to the disgruntled.
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