When I first read Blackwood Farm, there were many things (other than the timeline) that really caught my attention. It was no surprise that Rowan Mayfair and Michael Curry were familiar with films like 'Immortal Beloved' and 'Gladiator'. The book blended aspects of popular culture and the working class (at the time) in with mysterious tales of not-so-imaginary friends and mistresses from Hell, which I enjoyed. There was another detail in the book that really intrigued me, though.
An In-Depth Study of Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches Novels
