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The Witching Hour

Lives of Mayfair Witches

by Anne Rice

Narrator Kate Reading

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Length 49 hours 58 minutes

Language English

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“The Mayfair witches are well known in New Orleans, which is where they finally settled after originating in Scotland. One witch is born into the family each generation. She is recognized by the large emerald necklace she inherits and the malevolent brown eyed man known as Lasher that is always by her side. A secret society called the Takamasa have been studying the Mayfairs for hundreds of years. The cursed family is plagued by unexplained phenomena and tragic deaths. This is the first book of three that center around the Mayfair witches. ”
— Suzanne • Underground Books

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About the author

"[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror." —The New York Times Book Review

Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women.

Moving in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and the France of Louis XIV, from the coffee plantations of Port-au-Prince to Civil War New Orleans and back to today, Anne Rice has spun a mesmerizing tale that challenges everything we believe in.

Fiction Fantasy

Anne Rice is the author of over 30 novels. Her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976 and has gone on to become one of the best-selling novels of all time. Her many books include the series of novels that make up The Vampire Chronicles, The Wolf Gift Chronicles, and Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Her books have been adapted into numerous blockbuster films and a mini-series. She lives in Palm Desert, California.