"Diana Wynne Jones - Chrestomanci 3&4 - The Magicians of Caprona & Witch Week" - читать интересную книгу автора (Jones Diana Wynne)

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

Books by Diana Wynne Jones

Believing Is Seeing: Seven Stories

Castle in the Air The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume I
Charmed Life
The Lives of Christopher Chant

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume II
The Magicians of Caprona ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 )
Witch Week ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 )

The Dalemark Quartet
Book 1: Cart and Cwidder
Book 2: Drowned Ammet
Book 3: The Spellcoats
Book 4: The Crown of Dalemark

Dark Lord of Derkholm

Hexwood Howl's Moving Castle

Stopping for a Spell

The Time of the Ghost

Year of the Griffin

AUTHOR'S NOTE

The World of Chrestomanci is not the same as this one. It is a world parallel to ours, where magic is as
normal as mathematics, and things are generally more old-fashioned. In Chrestomanci's world, Italy is still
divided into numbers of small States, each with its Duke and capital city. In our world, Italy became one
united country long ago.

Though the two worlds are not connected in any way, this story somehow got through. But it came with