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Harry Potter: a Journey Through a History of Magic
General FictionHarry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic
British Library
The perfect gift for aspiring witches and wizards and any Harry Potter fan. Celebrating twenty years of Harry Potter magic, and produced in association with the British Library to support their major exhibition, Harry Potter: A History of Magic.
The perfect gift for aspiring witches and wizards and any Harry Potter fan. Celebrating twenty years of Harry Potter magic, and produced in association with the British Library to support their major exhibition, Harry Potter: A History of Magic.

Harry Potter: a History of Magic
General FictionHarry Potter: A History of Magic
British Library
Celebrate20yearsofHarryPottermagic! HarryPotter: AHistoryOfMagicistheofficialbookoftheonce-in-a-lifetimeexhibitionfromthebrilliantcuratorsoftheBritishLibrary. ThisenhancedebooktakesreadersonafascinatingjourneythroughthesubjectsstudiedatHogwartsSchoolofWitchcraftandWizardry–fromAlchemyandPotionsclas ses, rightthroughtoHerbologyandtheCareofMagicalCreatures. EachchaptershowcasesatreasuretroveofartefactsfromtheBritishLibraryandothercollectionsaroundtheworld, besideexclusivemanuscripts, sketchesandillustrationsfromtheHarryPotterarchive. Thechaptersalsofeatureabsorbingessaysbyculturalcommentators, firs t-classacademicsandrespectedwriters, whooffertheiruniqueperspectiveonthesubjectandtheme. Readerswillbeabletoporeoverancientspellbooks, exploreamazingilluminatedscrollsthatrevealthesecretoftheElixirofLife, andthroughitsuniquedesignandfunctionexaminevialsofdragon'sblood, mandrakeroots, paintedcenta ursandagenuinewitch'sbroomstick, inaninteractivedigitalbookthatshowsJ. K. Rowling'smagicalinventionsalongsidetheirculturalandhistoricalforebears. ThisistheultimategiftforHarryPotterfans, curiousminds, bigimaginations, bibliophilesandreadersaroundtheworldwhomissedoutonthechancetoseetheexhibitioninperson.
Celebrate20yearsofHarryPottermagic! HarryPotter: AHistoryOfMagicistheofficialbookoftheonce-in-a-lifetimeexhibitionfromthebrilliantcuratorsoftheBritishLibrary. ThisenhancedebooktakesreadersonafascinatingjourneythroughthesubjectsstudiedatHogwartsSchoolofWitchcraftandWizardry–fromAlchemyandPotionsclas ses, rightthroughtoHerbologyandtheCareofMagicalCreatures. EachchaptershowcasesatreasuretroveofartefactsfromtheBritishLibraryandothercollectionsaroundtheworld, besideexclusivemanuscripts, sketchesandillustrationsfromtheHarryPotterarchive. Thechaptersalsofeatureabsorbingessaysbyculturalcommentators, firs t-classacademicsandrespectedwriters, whooffertheiruniqueperspectiveonthesubjectandtheme. Readerswillbeabletoporeoverancientspellbooks, exploreamazingilluminatedscrollsthatrevealthesecretoftheElixirofLife, andthroughitsuniquedesignandfunctionexaminevialsofdragon'sblood, mandrakeroots, paintedcenta ursandagenuinewitch'sbroomstick, inaninteractivedigitalbookthatshowsJ. K. Rowling'smagicalinventionsalongsidetheirculturalandhistoricalforebears. ThisistheultimategiftforHarryPotterfans, curiousminds, bigimaginations, bibliophilesandreadersaroundtheworldwhomissedoutonthechancetoseetheexhibitioninperson.