num_pages: 1207
description: On the veranda of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking. And the witching hour begins...Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real a family of witches-a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philosophy, a family that is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being.
language: English
title: The Witching Hour
titlecomplete: The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
characters: Antha Mayfair, Darcy Monahan, Lestan Mayfair, Amanda Grady Mayfair, Julien Mayfair, Tyrone Clifford McNamara, Petyr van Abel, Garland Mayfair, Carlotta Mayfair, Katherine Mayfair, Lionel Mayfair, Millie Mayfair, Augustin Mayfair, Barclay Mayfair, Cortland Mayfair, Nancy Mayfair, Sean Lacy, Stella Mayfair, Deborah Mayfair de Montcleve, Aaron Lightner, Suzanne Mayfair, Lasher, Jeannette Mayfair, Ellie Mayfair, Graham Franklin, Alice Mayfair, Sean McIntyre, Corrington Mayfair, Angélique Mayfair, Marguerite Mayfair, Daniel McIntyre, Remy Mayfair, Belle Mayfair, Rowan Mayfair, Michael James Timothy Curry, Deirdre Mayfair, Marie Claudette Mayfair Landry, Mary Beth Mayfair
genres: Fiction, Magic, Gothic, Witches, Horror, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy
ratings_count: 115108
places: Louisiana, Scotland Yard, London, England, New Orleans, Louisiana
series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel
publisher: Penguin Books