The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1: Charmed Life / The Lives of Christopher Chant

in This Multiple Parallel Universes Of The Twelve Related Worlds, Only An Enchanter With Nine Lives Is Powerful Enough To Control The Rampant Misuse Of Magic — And To Hold The Title Chrestomanci... there Is A World In Which The Peaceful City-state Of Caprona Is Threatened By The Malevolent Machinations Of A Mysterious Enchanter...and Another In Which Magic Is Outlawed And Witches Are Still Burned At The Stake. in Two Worlds The Practice Of Magic Has Gone Dangerously Awry, There Is Only One Solution — Call Upon The Chrestomanci. u.s. News & World Report mad About Harry? Try Diana. There is an alternate cover (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25334546-the-chronicles-of-chrestomanci-volume-1) here . In this multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control the rampant misuse of magic--and to hold the title Chrestomanci... The Chants are a family strong in magic, but neither Christopher Chant nor Cat Chant can work even the simplest of spells. Who could have dreamed that both Christopher and Cat were born with nine lives--or that they could lose them so quickly?

In this multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control the rampant misuse of magic—and to hold the title Chrestomanci...

The Chants are a family strong in magic, but neither Christopher Chant nor Cat Chant can work even the simplest of spells. Who could have dreamed that both Christopher and Cat were born with nine lives—or that they could lose them so quickly?

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Mad about Harry? Try Diana.

Four of Diana Wynne Jones's classic fantasy novels about an enchanter with nine lives titled Chrestomanci are now available in beautiful omnibus volumes that each contain two books each. Volume One includes "The Lives of Christopher Chant" and "Charmed Life", while Volume Two contains "The Magicians of Caprona" and "Witch Week". Adventures of the Chrestomanci, an enchanter with nine lives, whose job is to control the practice of magic in the infinite parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds. v. 1. Charmed life. The lives of Christopher Chant v. 2. Witch Week. The magicians of Caprona. Spells are the hardest thing in the world to get right. Cat Chant admired his elder sister Gwendolen.