A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts

This non-fiction short-form eBook features content which is adapted from the
audiobook Harry Potter: A History of Magic – inspired by the British Library
exhibition of the same name. How to become invisible, to make someone fall in
love with you, to transform into another creature: these are all things that
people have believed in, yearned for, or feared, throughout history. Spells
and charms have captured the imagination for hundreds of years. Warding off
evil is also something that has concerned people throughout history. From
werewolves to all manner of snakes in the wizarding world, you’d learn how to
face a number of strange and frightening forces in Defence Against the Dark
Arts classes. This eBook short examines the colourful characters and curious
incidents of the real history of magic, and how they relate to the Hogwarts
lesson subjects of Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts. The history of
magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every
age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.