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First volume of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy, released in 1990
Also available
The Witches Companion by Katharine Ramsland
Foreign translations
A Hora das Bruxas(Portuguese)
Hexenstunde(German)
La Hora de las Brujas(Spanish)
Le Lien Malefique(French)
Notable characters
Antha, Carlotta, Charlotte, Deborah, Deirdre, Julien, Lasher, Mary Beth, Michael, Petyr Van Abel, Rowan, Stella
If you have the stamina to read this book you're in for a real treat. To be sure it is extremely long - over 1000 pages - but it is worth it. Anne managed to create an entire family, through the generations almost like a detailed inspection of the Maharet's great family. The detail of the novel is amazing and the characters seem so different and distinct you can almost imagine they were a real family. It's interesting to see the Talamasca as well, becoming a sort of link between the Mayfairs and the Vampire Chronicles.
My favourite character from the vast number featured was Julien. He reminded me of Marius a little for some strange reason. I also found Lasher intriguing and my only complaint would be that I was not that fond of the two heroes of the novel - Rowan and Michael.
I found the series of events surrounding Stella, Antha, Deirdre and their eventual destruction extremely moving. In particular Antha's murder was horrifying. Oh yes before I forget - I loved the scenes in Scotland but no, Donnelaith does not really exist! I have checked believe me...
If The Witching Hour is your favourite novel vote for it.
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