

The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the Final Harry Potter Adventure
by John Granger
The fastest-selling book in publication history, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS was a critical success and is loved by fans around the world. In THE DEATHLY HALLOWS LECTURES, John Granger reveals the Potter finale's brilliant details, themes and meaning, and the answers to questions like these: * What five writing tricks does Joanne Rowling use to work her story magic? What story-points in Deathly Hallows tell us she wants us to read beneath the surface of her story? * Why are Lily's eyes green and what does that colour reveal about Snape's death? * Why does Harry choose to dig Dobby's grave by hand? * Who are Aeschylus and William Penn - and why do their quotations open Deathly Hallows? * What do Mad-Eye Moody's magical blue eye and the triangular symbol of the three Hallows have in common? * Why do a lot of Christians really love Deathly Hallows? * Is there a reason that wands have a mind of their own? Why does Ollivander prefer the wand cores he does? * Why does Harry go underground seven times in Deathly Hallows?
Release Date:
July 14, 2008
