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Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Diana Wynne. Chronicles of Chrestomanci / Diana Wynne Jones.

p. cm.

Contents: v. 1. Charmed life. The lives of Christopher Chant тАФ v. 2. Witch Week. The magicians of
Caprona.

Summary: 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.

ISBN 0-06-447268-X (v. 1 : pbk.) тАФ ISBN 0-06-447269-8 (v. 2 : pbk.)

[I. Fantasy. 2. MagicтАФFiction. 3. WitchcraftтАФFiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.J684CJ 2001

00-39614

[Fic]тАФdc21

First Harper Trophy edition, 2001

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There are thousands of worlds, all different from ours. Chrestomanci's world is the one next door to us,
and the difference here is that magic is as common as music is with us. It is full of people working
magicтАФwarlocks, witches, thaumaturges, sorcerers, fakirs, conjurors, hexers, magicians, mages,
shamans, diviners and many moreтАФfrom the lowest Certified witch right up to the most powerful of
enchanters. Enchanters are strange as well as powerful. Their magic is different and stronger and many of
them have more than one life. Now, if someone did not control all these busy magic-users, ordinary
people would have a horrible time and probably end up as slaves. So the government appoints the very
strongest enchanter there is to make sure no one misuses magic. This enchanter has nine lives and is
known as "the Chrestomanci. " You pronounce it KREST-OH-MAN-SEE. He has to have a strong
personality as well as strong magic. Diana Wynne Jones



Charmed Life
1
Cat Chant admired his elder sister Gwendolen. She was a witch. He admired her and he clung to her.
Great changes came about in their lives and left him no one else to cling to.

The first great change came about when their parents took them out for a day trip down the river in a
paddle steamer. They set out in great style, Gwendolen and her mother in white dresses with ribbons,
Cat and his father in prickly blue-serge Sunday suits. It was a hot day. The steamer was crammed with
other people in holiday clothes, talking, laughing, eating whelks with thin slices of white bread and butter,