Harry Potter: A History of Magic
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Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition - absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme.
Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, vials of dragon's blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch's broomstick, in a book that shows J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebears.
This is the ultimate gift for Harry Potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles and readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in person.
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This is a great book and since so many people have already mentioned all the good stuff, I will limit myself to things I did not like: - I had loved some information on how the exhibition was compiled, like, how were the objects choosen, what was the main intention behind it, etc. Without that reading is still fun but a little bit ""pointless"" - although the source for all pictures was given on the page they were discussed on, this information was missing when they were used between chapters etc. This was quite frustrating for me since I had to search for the sources again and again... - the photographys of the (edited) texts could be larger, I couldn't read half of them (J.K. Rowling's handwriting is not the clearest, too, and no transliteration was given)
Description
Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition - absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme.
Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, vials of dragon's blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch's broomstick, in a book that shows J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebears.
This is the ultimate gift for Harry Potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles and readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in person.
Book Information
Posts
This is a great book and since so many people have already mentioned all the good stuff, I will limit myself to things I did not like: - I had loved some information on how the exhibition was compiled, like, how were the objects choosen, what was the main intention behind it, etc. Without that reading is still fun but a little bit ""pointless"" - although the source for all pictures was given on the page they were discussed on, this information was missing when they were used between chapters etc. This was quite frustrating for me since I had to search for the sources again and again... - the photographys of the (edited) texts could be larger, I couldn't read half of them (J.K. Rowling's handwriting is not the clearest, too, and no transliteration was given)