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The Witching HourAnne Rice

The Witching Hour

1990965 pages
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38 editions · 5 languages
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The first in the Mayfair Witches series, The Witching Hour introduces the fictional Mayfair family of New Orleans, generations of male and female witches. This tight-knit and deeply connected family, where a death of one strengthens the others with his/her knowledge. One Mayfair witch per generation is also designated to receive the powers of "the man," known as Lasher. Lasher gives the witches gifts, excites them, and protects them. Unsure as to exactly what this spirit is, the Mayfair clan knows him variously as a protector, a god-like figure, a sexual being, and the image of death.…

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38 editions · 5 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Arrow Books Ltd · 400 pages · 9780099471424
  • Audiobook · English · 2002
    The Witching Hour (Anne Rice)
    Random House Audio · 9780553713527
  • Paperback · English · 1993
    The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches)
    Ballantine Books · 9780345900951
  • Paperback · English · 1993
    Ballantine Books · 1043 pages · 9780345384461
  • Hardcover · English · 1991
    Chatto and Windus · 965 pages · 9780701135836
  • Paperback · English · 1991
    Ballantine Books · 965 pages · 9780345367891
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