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This eBook short examines the colourful characters and curious incidents of the real history of magic, and how they relate to the Hogwarts lesson subjects of Divination and Astronomy.
内容简介
This non-fiction short-form eBook features content which is adapted from the audiobook Harry Potter: A History of Magic - inspired by the British Library exhibition of the same name.
If you've gazed into the crystal ball you'll have seen that you are about to enter a place of prediction and fortune-telling that makes up the subject of Divination in the real and wizarding world. From the use of bones and shells thousands of years ago, to peering into teacups in the parlours of Victorian England, for millennia people have strived to see what fate and fortune holds. Trying to read our destinies, the study of the night sky has fascinated people for centuries, from the star atlases of ancient China to the celestial globes of 17th-century Venice. Astronomy holds a special place in the wizarding world as a source of inspiration and identity for Harry Potter's life at Hogwarts, and beyond.
The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.
目录
- COPYRIGHT
- Title Page
- Pottermore Publishing
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
- DIVINATION
- PART 1: FROM RUNES TO ORACLE BONES
- PART 2: CRYSTAL BALLS, POSSESSED MIRRORS AND A FRAGRANT WITCH
- PART 3: PALMS, CARDS AND CUPS OF TEA
- ASTRONOMY
- PART 1: FROM A STAR CHART TO A DOG STAR
- PART 2: AN ASTROLABE, AN ORRERY AND A CELESTIAL GLOBE
- PART 3: HEADS IN THE STARS
- ALSO FROM POTTERMORE PUBLISHING
- Copyright Page
评分及书评
给这本书评了5.0英文The reason why the centaur is clothed rather than bare-chested is because the Anglo-Saxons liked to draw people in the costumes of their own day. So in this case they reproduced Anglo-Saxon dress and hairstyles, but with added horse hooves and tail.
给这本书评了5.0journey seriesThe book was clearly very popular, because there were multiple versions published under its mysterious author name. As well as very detailed descriptions of how to read tea leaves, there were illustrations of sample cups, including some pretty indistinguishable black lumps shown in the middle of them. For example, if a leaf ended up near the handle, it suggested that the prediction was going to happen sooner, rather than later. It also advised that owls were evil omens and to avoid rats running in front of you for similar reasons. Reading tea leaves was so popular that people started hosting tea-leaf reading parties, and big ceramics manufacturers even started to make fortune-telling teacups just for that purpose
出版方
Pottermore Publishing
Pottermore Publishing 是《哈利·波特》与《神奇动物》系列以及魔法世界其他有声书和电子书的全球数字出版商。该企业与全球电子书和有声书零售商共同合作开发这个由“大难不死的男孩”带来的魔法世界。
