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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."
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Unfolds like a poisonous lotus blossom redolent with luxurious evil."
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
- Format: MassMarketPaperback
- Author: Rice, Anne
- ISBN: 9780345384461
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 6.94 x 1.47
- Number Of Pages: 1056
- Publication Year: 1993
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Love this book, Amazing!
Jennifer C. - 5 years 2 months agoI love Anne Rice books mostly vampire books but, when I read this one it was amazing! The characters are very colorful and so, real to life! I love the different ways the story goes, its a must read and a real page turner you want to know what's going to happen next, I really would love this book, if you haven't read any of her books this is one the best books I have ever read!
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Bewitched by The Witching Hour
Stacey W. - 6 years 1 month agoI loved, The Witching Hour. I felt like I was in New Orleans. Rice does an amazing job of taking us through history. If you are into witches and the occult this book is for you. It is the first book of an epic trilogy that only Anne Rice could write!!!
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Spooky and seductive
Chad P. - 7 years 3 months agoAt first glance, fiction and travel guides don't have much in common, however, fiction can set a mood where travel guides primarily address logistics. When I travel I always read fiction set in the region I am visiting. When I first read The Witching Hour in 1995 in preparation for a trip to New Orleans. Anne Rice's descriptions of The Big Easy were so spot-on that I knew the city before I even stepped off the plane. Reading this expansive tome of over 1,000 pages seemed a daunting task, but once I began this story I found myself waking up an hour early each day to have some reading time before going into work. Sounds crazy, but I gladly sacrificed sleep to become lost in the gothic world of Rice's native New Orleans. The novel spans 500 years and 13 generations in the lives of the Mayfair Family, a family blessed with riches yet cursed by a disembodied spirit who becomes the familiar of a chosen female in each generation. The novel begins in 1980's New Orleans but swiftly whisks the readers back in time to the 16th century in the Scottish Highlands during the height of the European witch hunts. The narrative moves through time and space from Amsterdam to Saint-Domingue just prior to the slave revolts into Antebellum New Orleans, through the Civil War to present day. One reviewer characterizes the rich and descriptive writing as "dripping off the page". I couldn't have described it better. I recommend this book (the first in a series of three) to fans of history, horror, romance and mystery genres. Many people over the years have purchased this novel at my suggestion and each one returned to tell me how The Witching Hour has become one of their favorite books. The Witching Hour is my absolute favorite novel and I have reread it several times over the years. Readers of The Witching Hour will find themselves lost in a supernatural world that isn't so different from our own. Don't be surprised if after reading this novel, you find yourself planning a trip to Louisiana. I did and stayed for 11 years.
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