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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.

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.