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9781338125740

Quidditch Through the Ages

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  • ISBN13:

    9781338125740

  • ISBN10:

    1338125745

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2017-03-14
  • Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
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Summary

The most checked-out book in the Hogwarts Library, and a volume no Quidditch player or Harry Potter fan should be without!

If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their robes, you need Quidditch Through the Ages. This invaluable volume is consulted by young Quidditch fans on an almost daily basis.Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Comic Relief, who will use your money to continue improving and changing lives -- work that is even more important and astonishing than the three-and-a-half-second capture of the Golden Snitch by Roderick Plumpton in 1921.-- Albus Dumbledore

Author Biography

Kennilworthy Whisp is a renowned Quidditch expert (and, he says, fanatic). He is the author of many Quidditch-related works, including THE WONDER OF WIGTOWN WANDERERS, HE FLEW LIKE A MADMAN (a biography of "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn), and BEATING THE BLUDGERS -- A STUDY OF DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES IN QUIDDITCH. Kennilworthy Whisp divides his time between his home in Nottinghamshire and "wherever Wigtown Wanderers are playing this week." His hobbies include backgammon, vegetarian cookery, and collecting vintage broomsticks.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Albus Dumbledore ... xv1. The Evolution of the Flying Broomstick ... 32. Ancient Broom Games ... 93. The Game from Queerditch Marsh ... 174. The Arrival of the Golden Snitch ... 255. Anti-Muggle Precautions ... 356. Changes in Quidditch since the Fourteenth Century ... 41Pitch ... 41Balls ... 45Players ... 49Rules ... 53Referees ... 587. Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland ... 638. The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide ... 759. The Development of the Racing Broom ... 8910. Quidditch Today ... 97About the Author 105

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