· Overview. Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding stoyrtelling, Anne Rice makes real a family of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philsophy, a family that is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being. "Unfolds like a poisonous lotus blossom redolent with luxurious evil."Brand: Random House Publishing Group. · From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches--a family given to poetry and to incest, to murder and to philosophy; a family that, over the ages, is itself 4/5(61). "[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror." (The New York Times Book Review)Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches - a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the /5(2).
The Witching Hour (Mayfair Witches Series #1) by Anne Rice. Paperback (Mass Market Paperback - Reissue) Anne Rice makes real a family of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philsophy, a family that is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being. The Witching Hour is the first novel in Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy. It was published by Knopf in [8] [9] The Mayfairs' First Street house is based on Rice's own antebellum mansion in New Orleans, with fictional events written as if taking place in specific locations in the real-world house. In THE WITCHING HOUR, Anne Rice creates an incredible novel which is epic in scope. Much like she did in THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, Rice paints a colorful and rich history of her characters, and the story is wonderfully compelling and captivating. At pages, this book takes some time to read carefully and to fully digest all of the events and.
Anne Rice is also the author of other novels, including The Witching Hour, Servant of the Bones, Merrick, Blackwood Farm, Blood Canticle, Violin, and Cry to Heaven. She lives in Palm Desert, California, but misses her home in New Orleans. She hopes to obtain a pied a terre in the French Quarter there some time in the near future. The Witching Hour. Anne Rice. Ballantine Books, - Fiction - pages. 61 Reviews. From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge mesmerizing novel of witchcraft and the. This item: The Witching Hour (signed), Anne Rice, ; hardcover by Anne Rice Hardcover $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by Mega-Movie-Deals. Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches) by Anne Rice Hardcover $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
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