Two people with special powers are drawn together to attempt to unlock the mystery of the woman's past and the secret of the man's unwelcome gift. 2 cassettes.
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches)
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In this engrossing and hypnotic tale of witchcraft and the occult spanning four centuries, we meet a great dynasty of witches--a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being.
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"We watch and we are always here" is the motto of the Talamasca, a saintly group with extrasensory powers which has for centuries chronicled the lives of the Mayfairs--a dynasty of witches that brought down a shower of flames in 17th-century Scotland, fled to the plantations of Haiti and on to the New World, where they settled in the haunted city of New Orleans. Rice ( The Queen of the Damned ) plumbs a rich vein of witchcraft lore, conjuring in her overheated, florid prose the decayed antebellum mansion where incest rules, dolls are made of human bone and hair, and violent storms sweep the skies each time a witch dies and the power passes on. Newly annointed is Rowan Mayfair, a brilliant California neurosurgeon kept in ignorance of her heritage by her adoptive parents. She returns to the fold after bringing back Michael Curry from the dead; he, too, has unwanted extrasensory gifts and, like Rowan and the 12 Mayfairs before her, has beheld Lasher: devil, seducer, spirit. Now Lasher wants to come through to this world forever and Rowan is the Mayfair who can open the door. This massive tome repeatedly slows, then speeds when Rice casts off the Talamasca's pretentious, scholarly tones and goes for the jugular with morbid delights, sexually charged passages and wicked, wild tragedy. 300,000 first printing; BOMC main selection.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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By J. Jeroszko
Format:Mass Market Paperback
To be honest, I can't stand the Vampire Chronicles, and I'm glad I did not judge Anne Rice based only on those. Because the Mayfair Witch trilogy are 3 of the best books I've ever read. I highly recommend you all read the Witching Hour, Lasher, & Taltos! Oooh I still have shivers just thinking about these books. I also highly recommend Servant of the Bones - my absolutele most favorite stand-alone Anne Rice book. Happy reading!!
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By Frances
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read this book in the early 1990's, the paperback was given to me by my husband, and it is by far my favourite story, ever. I recently purchased the hardcover, the paperback copy was in great distress and falling apart-the box tape no longer holding it together. I already had the 'continuing story' in hardcover & felt it was time to replace my paperback. There is no one that can weave a tale with such history, research and incredible poetic details like Anne Rice. She brings a dynasty of witches and their mysterious familiar into our world & transcends the boundaries of the occult, genetic science and the love of 2 people. I highly recommend this story, its an amazing reading experience.
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By greatkingrat
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I had a real problem with this book. It's too long. Rice has a well-documented tendency to prattle on about non-essential things. Does the reader really need to know every detail of the Doric columns of architecture in stately New Orleans manors? Does the reader need to have a dissertation on Kudzu vines?
Reading this begs the question: Does Anne Rice have an editor?
Reading this begs the question: Does Anne Rice have an editor?
Indeed Rice has a wild imagination and sees fully the worlds she creates, but events happen so slowly in this book that were it a movie, one third of the audience would be constantly hitting the snack bar, unconcerned about missing anything vital. Another third would be dead asleep. The final third would be sitting at rapt attention, drool dripping onto their black robes and goth accessories as they sat transfixed, not realizing that they are so hooked on Rice's work that they would pay top dollar for an audio tape of the author's flatulence.
Seriously, it's a rich, fine story, but it misses the mark because one leaves the novel wondering if Rice gets paid by the word.
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The Witching Hour
It was an endlessly long read with a very disappointing end.
Very engaging at first, but I had to skim through many chapters because they were so utterly boring. Read more
Very engaging at first, but I had to skim through many chapters because they were so utterly boring. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ja-Ja
4.0 out of 5 stars
Almost perfect
Besides some writing in pencil (first page only), the book was in really good condition.
Edges of sleeve were just a touch rubbed. Read more
Edges of sleeve were just a touch rubbed. Read more
Published on Mar 13 2011 by Martin Ladouceur
3.0 out of 5 stars
Did Anne Rice have an editor?
I must say that I am a HUGE fan of Anne Rice, I loved the Vampire series, and just recently started the Mayfair witches saga. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2009 by AVID READER
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Not The Finest Hour
Despite the strong and interesting beginning, The Witching Hour was a painful read. I made it to approximately page 500 and realized that I had become very bored. Read more
Published on Mar 19 2004 by ekgheiy
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good read, but fails to deliver
Witching Hour is an excellent story that spans generations of the Mayfair family. Hardcore Rice fans will probably devour it. Read more
Published on Feb 1 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too much description it just didnt keep my interest
I have enjoyed other anne rice novels but i could through about half of this one and just couldnt go on any longer. Read more
Published on Dec 31 2003 by amy
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre, little better than dirt
Hundreds of pages filled with dry prose makes this book no better than any of the timeless classics nobody wants to read. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2003 by Daniel E. Donche Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engrosing Read
This is typical Rice storytelling. Her discriptions from the five senses make the settings in this story become real. Read more
Published on Nov 19 2003 by Violet Spider
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent read
I just finished The Witching hour. I loved this book. Partially because I am a history nut... and obviously Rice has done her research! Read more
Published on Nov 6 2003 by Rhonda
5.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating and Sensual at the same time!!!
There was a brief span of time in the beginning of the book that I was bored, but that was only because I didn't know the characters yet and the details were alot to remember. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2003 by Monique
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