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Language English Media type Print (Paperback) ISBN 0-345-29516-1 OCLC 10527349 | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1983 Pages 438 pp Originally published 1983 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LC Class CPB Box no. 2743 vol. 17 Similar Katherine Kurtz books, Fantasy books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lammas Night is a fantasy novel by the American-born author Katherine Kurtz, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in December 1983. The first hardcover edition was issued by Severn House in 1986.
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Plot summary
Lammas Night tells the story of a group of English witches who act to save their country from Nazi attack during the Second World War. Woven within the story of their efforts are the visions and fragmented memories of one male witch, who gradually comes to realize his role in an ancient cycle of royal death, reincarnation, and sacrifice.
Note
The events of the novel reflect an actual attempt by pagans and wiccans in Great Britain to magically aid the British war effort and forestall German invasion during the Second World War, as recounted in the wartime letters of occultist Dion Fortune.