The Bank of England is the centralbank of the United Kingdom and themodel on which most modern centralbanks have been based.
Established in 1694
to act as the English Government's banker, and still one of the bankers
for the Government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's
eighth-oldest bank. It was privately owned by stockholders from its
foundation in 1694 until it was nationalised in 1946 by the Attlee
ministry.
The bank became an independent public organisation in 1998,
wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of the government,
with a mandate to support the economic policies of the government of the
day, but independence in maintaining price stability.
The bank is one of eight banks authorised to issue banknotes in the United Kingdom, has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The
bank's Monetary Policy Committee has devolved responsibility for
managing monetary policy. The Treasury has reserve powers to give orders
to the committee if they are required in the public interest and by extreme economic circumstances,
but Parliament must endorse such orders within 28 days. In addition,
the bank's Financial Policy Committee was set up in 2011 as a
macroprudential regulator to oversee the UK's financial sector.
The bank's headquarters have been in London's main financial district, the City of London, on Threadneedle Street, since 1734. It is sometimes known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, a name taken from a satirical cartoon by James Gillray in 1797. The road junction outside is known as Bank Junction.
As a regulator and central bank, the Bank of England
has not offered consumer banking services for many years, but it still
does manage some public-facing services, such as exchanging superseded
bank notes. Until 2016, the bank provided personal banking services as a
privilege for employees.
England's
crushing defeat by France, the dominant naval power, in naval
engagements culminating in the 1690 Battle of Beachy Head, became the
catalyst for England to rebuild itself as a global power. William
III's government wanted to build a naval fleet that would rival that of
France; however, the ability to construct this fleet was hampered both
by a lack of available public funds and the low credit of the English government in London. This lack of credit made it impossible for the English government to borrow the £1,200,000 (at 8% per annum) that it wanted to construct the fleet.
In 1700, the Hollow Sword Blade Company was purchased by a group of businessmen who wished to establish a competing English bank (in an action that would today be considered a back door listing). The Bank of England's initial monopoly on English banking was due to expire in 1710. However, it was instead renewed, and the Sword Blade company failed to achieve its goal.
In 1825–26 the bank was able to avert a liquidity crisis when Nathan Mayer Rothschild succeeded in supplying it with gold.
The last private bank in England
to issue its own notes was Thomas Fox's Fox, Fowler and Company bank in
Wellington, which rapidly expanded until it merged with Lloyds Bank in
1927. They were legal tender until 1964. There are nine notes left in
circulation; one is housed at Tone Dale House, Wellington.
The bank is custodian to the official gold reserves of the United Kingdom and around 30 other countries.As
of April 2016, the bank holds around 5,659 tons of gold, worth £141
billion. These estimates suggest that the vault could hold as much as 3%
of the 171,300 tonnes of gold mined throughout human history.
The Winsors are spending their last days in Hogwarts and The Grandma continues offering them some CambridgeExam Models because she thinks it is the best way to review and to learn how is this kind of exam and what Cambridge examinators expect about us. Today, she has offered them another example.
After this, they have visited all hidden places of Hogwarts Castle. They want to know as things as they could about Hogwarts before leaving there.
Hogwarts is an ancient castle with centuries of history and beautiful hidden places to visit and discover.
The Battle of Hogwarts was the final conflict of the Second Wizarding War. It took place within the castle and on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the mountainous region of Scotland.
When the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort learned that his archenemy HarryPotter had secretly ventured into the castle to locate and destroy one of his final Horcruxes, he ordered every single Death Eater and dark creature that had ever pledged loyalty to him to launch a massive attack on the school.
Dumbledore's Army then communicated the need to fight to The Order of the Phoenix and their other allies within the British Ministry Of Magic, leading to a large-scale battle.
Lord Voldemort led his forces from the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade;while Harry Potter, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Minerva McGonagall led the defenders of Hogwarts.
Lord Voldemort also announced that he wanted Harry Potter to surrender himself by midnight.
Hogwarts Castle
is a large, seven-story high building supported by magic, with a
hundred and forty two staircases throughout its many towers and turrets
and very deep dungeons. The castle was built in the late Early Middle Ages (c. 993) by a wizard architect and the four most celebrated wizards of the age: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and SalazarSlytherin.
The castle is the main building of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, regarded as the finest wizarding school in the world.
Hogwarts is built in a valley area -surrounding mountains are part of the landscape- with the fairly large GreatLake to the south of the main building. The huge main oak front doors leading into the Entrance Hall face the west, and open up to sloping lawns. The deep ForbiddenForest extends around to the west of the castle. There are also exterior greenhouses and vegetable patches on the school grounds.
Hogwarts is located in the ScottishHighlands, near the all-wizard village of Hogsmeade and not far from Dufftown, in Banffshire, and Achintee, in Lochaber.
It was the setting of the final battle of the Second Wizarding War, the Battleof Hogwarts, which resulted in the deaths of several witches and wizards who fought in defence of the castle, including Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Fred Weasley, Colin Creevey, Lavender Brown, and Severus Snape.
The castle was badly damaged in the battle, but ultimately The Order of the Phoenix won when Harry Potter defeated his nemesis, Lord Voldemort,in the Great Hall.
Due to
its extremely advanced age and the sheer amount of magic present in or
around it, the castle is implied to have developed some form of
sentience or awareness, such as when it sealed the Headmaster's Tower against DoloresUmbridge, and the various trick steps and false doors.
The
castle is supported by magic unable to be maintained or constructed by
any other means, a good example being the moving staircases, a feature
contributed by one of the four Hogwarts founders, Rowena Ravenclaw.
Hogwarts is also protected by numerous ancient spells, such as the Anti-Disapparition Jinx; this can, however, be overridden by the Headmaster and Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes
when necessary. It is also unplottable and has been bewitched so that,
if Muggles approach the castle, all they will see is a mouldering ruin
with a sign warning them to keep out and that it is unsafe. The
protective magic over Hogwarts is not only strong enough to apparently resist the dispelling effects of the Taboo but also to repel even talented dark wizards.
Rubeus Hagrid claimed that Hogwarts is the safest place in there is, even more so than Gringotts Wizarding Bank, a reason why the Philosopher'sStone was sent to the castle for protection.
After the Ministry finally admitted that LordVoldemort had returned, the castle's defences were further increased, much of them were cast by AlbusDumbledore
himself, such as gates being locked with spells that can only be undone
by teachers, and spells to prevent entrance via broomsticks.
All of the secret passageways that were previously allegedly unknown were given more protection. Additionally, with members of TheOrder of the Phoenix and Aurors placed as guards, and CaretakerArgus Filch checking all incoming and outgoing students for dangerous materials, intrusion seemed completely impossible.
However, Draco Malfoy utilised a pair of Vanishing Cabinets as a passageway, which none of the castle's defences could negate, to allow DeathEaters into the castle. This devastatingly horrified the wizarding community, as they realise that Hogwarts,
the most powerful and reputably safest magical stronghold in the entire
wizarding world, has been breached, much less by a student from the
inside, meaning there is no longer anywhere safe from Voldemort and his DeathEaters.
As a result
of all the magic that occurs on premises, both from learning students,
magical artefacts therein and the enchantments cast over the building
itself, a magical atmosphere pervades the entire structure, causing any
technology that is not adapted to run off of it to fail. This is
presumably why candles and lanterns are still in use.
Mechanical things like watches seem to do all right, as Colin Creevey's-traditional, Muggle- camera seems to have worked until it was destroyed by the Basilisk's
eyes. Colin mentions that another student told him that he could
develop the pictures in a potion so that they moved. One of his pictures
shows Harry Potter trying to escape a picture of him and Gilderoy Lockhart.
The Chamber of Secrets was allegedly created deep under the dungeons of Hogwarts Castle during the Medieval times by Salazar Slytherin, who disagreed with the other Hogwarts Founders on the merits of blood purity.
The Chamber of Secrets was home to an ancient Basilisk, which was intended to be used to purge the school of Muggle -born students. The entrance can be found in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom on the second floor.
In order to gain entrance one must say open in Parseltongue
and a sink will open into a slide. While falling down the large, dark
pipe, one can see hundreds of other pipes leading off. At the end of the
pipe, one is launched into a damp, stone chamber. This room is stated
to be miles beneath the school and under the Lake. This is where Tom Marvolo Riddle used his ability to speak parseltongue and attack Harry Potter.
The Hufflepuff Basement is the common room for Hufflepuff students at Hogwarts.
The entrance to the Hufflepuff Basement is hidden behind a stack of
barrels. It can be entered by tapping a certain rhythm on the barrels.
It is located near the kitchens. The cellar is decorated with yellow
hangings and filled with fat armchairs.
Underground
tunnels lead off to the students' dormitories and all the doors are
perfectly circular, like barrel tops. This is the only common room Harry
Potter does not enter at some point during his years at Hogwarts.
The Hogwarts Entrance Hall is located on the ground floor of HogwartsSchool of Witchcraft and Wizardry,with a wide marble staircase opposite the oak doors. Double doors to the right lead into the Great Hall. The basement, the kitchens, the dungeons, and the Grand Staircase can also be accessed via the Entrance Hall. There is also an annexe off the hall where ProfessorMcGonagall speaks to the first years before the Sorting ceremony at the beginning of each school year.
The Great Hall in Hogwarts is the main gathering area in the school.Students eat their meals, receive daily owl posts, and have certain special events. The Great Hall
is a large hall that can easily hold all of the school's students,
staff and guests. It has tall walls that reach up to the ceiling, which
is enchanted to look like the sky above.
It was the scene of Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort's final showdown, which was the Dark Lord's ultimate defeat. This was because the Elder Wand refuse to kill its true master, so Harry Potter was not killed. Since Lord Voldemort was now a mortal man, the curse rebounded on him, killing Tom MarvoloRiddle once and for all.
The Grand Staircase is a massive structure in Hogwarts Castle, mainly used to access each floor of the castle, including the dungeons. There are hundreds of Portraits
covering the walls in this tower, some of which conceal secret passages
to other areas within the school. The multiple staircases in the Grand Staircase lead from platform to platform and go as high as the seventh floor where they come to an end.
The Hospital wing was run by Poppy Pomfrey.Students
who suffer mishaps during the school year are sent or brought to the
hospital wing for treatment. The hospital wing is well equipped to deal
with all manner of magical and mundane injuries, from broken limbs to
regrowing lost bones.
Only in the most severe cases are students sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for further treatment, such as when Katie Bell touched a cursed Opal necklace.
The Astronomy Tower is the tallest tower at Hogwarts Castle surrounded by a parapet and turret. It is where students study the stars and planets through their telescopes in Astronomy lessons with Professor Aurora Sinistra. This is
usually done at midnight where the stars are best seen. The tower is
usually out-of-bounds except for classes. All the way down from the
boathouse you can see the huge window of the Astronomy Tower.
Located
within this tower is the Astronomy Corridor, Astronomy reading room,
Astronomy classroom, Astronomy stairwell, Astronomy department and the
Astronomy Room. Hogwarts' headmaster, Albus Dumbledore was killed here on this tower by his eventual successor, Severus Snape.
However, it was planned between Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape to spare Draco Malfoy being a murderer and spare the headmaster from a slow painful death. This was because Albus Dumbledore's hand was poisoned by a dangerous curse created by Tom Marvolo Riddle, to protect his Horcrux, Marvolo Gaunt's ring.
The Clock Tower
does not begin at the Ground Floor level. Because it is placed on top
of a hill, the Tower begins at the Third Floor level. When you enter the
Tower, there is a huge space, like an Entrance Hall with flights
of wooden stairs at the right and left side. The first landing is at
the Fourth Floor level. It is at this landing that are the clock's gears
and face.
This same corridor connects the Tower
to the remaining castle. If you go up another flight of wooden stairs,
you will get to another landing, this time at the Fifth Floor level. It
is in this landing that are the clock's bells; some massive gold and
copper bells. There is another corridor at this landing; like the other,
it links the Tower to the main castle.
Today, The Winsors and TheGrandma have started an amazing adventure. They are
going to help Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, RonWeasleyand the
members of the Order of the Phoenix to find the seven horcruxes of Lord
Voldemort to destroy them and help Hogwarts tolive in peace forever.
The Deathly Hallows were three highly powerful magical objects supposedly created by Death and given to each of three brothers in the Peverell family.
They consisted of the Elder Wand, an immensely powerful wand that was considered unbeatable; theResurrection Stone, a stone which could summon the spirits of the dead, and the Cloak of Invisibility, which, as its name suggests, rendered the user completely invisible. According to the story, both Antioch Peverell (owner of the Wand) and Cadmus Peverell (owner of the Stone) came to bad ends. However, Ignotus Peverell's wisdom in requesting the Cloak was rewarded.
According to legend, he who possessed these three artefacts would become the Master of Death.
Before starting this dangerous adventure, the family has been preparing their Cambridge Exam studying some Englishvocabulary about Going Out and Shopping Around. They have also practised an A2Cambridge Test.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series.
It was
released on 21 July 2007 in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing,
in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) and the final confrontation between the wizards HarryPotterand Lord Voldemort.
Deathly Hallows shattered sales records upon release, surpassing marks set by previous titles of the Harry Potter series. It holds the Guinness World Record for most novels sold within 24 hours of release, with 8.3 million sold in the US and 2.65 million in the UK.
Generally
well received by critics, the book won the 2008 Colorado Blue Spruce
Book Award, and the American Library Association named it the Best Book
for Young Adults. A film adaptation of the novel was released in two
parts: HarryPotterand the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 in November 2010
and Part 2 in July 2011. The
title of the book refers to three mythical objects featured in the
story, collectively known as the Deathly Hallows -an unbeatable wand
(the Elder Wand), a stone to bring the dead to life (the Resurrection
Stone), and acloakof invisibility. When
asked during a live chat about the other titles she had been
considering, Rowling mentioned Harry Potter and the Elder Wand and Harry
Potter and the Peverell Quest.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury, the publisher of all Harry Potter books in the United Kingdom, on 30 June 1997.
It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic -the American publisher of the books- as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,
after Rowling had received US$105,000 for the American rights—an
unprecedented amount for a children's book by a then-unknown author.
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998, and in the US on 2 June 1999.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999, and in the US on 8 September 1999.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and
870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21
June 2003.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published on 16 July 2005, and it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. Shortly before releasing the title, J. K. Rowling announced that she had considered three titles for the book. The final title was released to the public on 21 December 2006, via a special Christmas-themed hangman puzzle on Rowling's website, confirmed shortly afterwards by the book's publishers.
Rowling
completed the book while staying at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in
January 2007, and left a signed statement on a marble bust of Hermes in
her room which read: J. K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (552) on 11 January 2007. In a statement on her website, she said, I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric.
Academics and journalists have developed many other interpretations of themes in the books, some more complex than others, and some including political subtexts. Themes such as normality, oppression, survival, and overcomingimposingodds have all been considered as prevalent throughout the series. Similarly, the theme of making one's way through adolescence and going over one's most harrowing ordeals -and thus coming to terms with them has also been considered.
J. K. Rowling has stated that the books comprise a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry
and that also pass on a message to "question authority and ... not
assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth".
Some political commentators have seen J. K. Rowling's
portrayal of the bureaucratised Ministry of Magic and the oppressive
measures taken by the Ministry in the later books, like making
attendance at Hogwarts School compulsory and the registration of Mudbloods with the Ministry, as an allegory of criticising the state.
Sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were record-setting.
A two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is directed by David Yates, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, David Barron and J. K. Rowling. Part 1 was released on 19 November 2010, and Part 2 on 15 July 2011.
Filming
began in February 2009, and ended on 12 June 2010. However, the cast
confirmed they would reshoot the epilogue scene as they only had two
days to shoot the original. Reshoots officially ended around December
2010. Part 1 ended at Chapter 24 of the book, when Lord Voldemort regained the Elder Wand.
On 4 December 2008, J.K. Rowling released The Tales of Beedle the Bard both in the UK and US. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a spin-off of DeathlyHallows and contains fairy tales that are told to children in the Wizarding World. The book includes five short stories, including The Tale of the Three Brothers which is the story of the Deathly Hallows.
Today, The Winsors and TheGrandma have joined TheOrderof the Phoenix, a secret society founded by AlbusDumbledore to oppose Lord Voldemort and his DeathEaters.
The original Order was created in the 1970s. It was constructed after Voldemort returned to England from abroad and started his campaign to take over the Ministry of Magic and persecute Muggle-borns.
The Order worked with the Ministry to oppose the Dark Lord and his followers,and played a crucial role in the First Wizarding War.
Their first victory came in 1981, with Voldemort's first defeat at the hands of HarryPotter. The victory came with the high cost of many of their members. Their casualties were overwhelming when compared to the DeathEaters. The Order disbanded but was reconvened after Harry Potter informed Dumbledore of Lord Voldemort's return.
The Winsors think their personal skills will be useful for the Order and they want to help it in its fight between Hogwarts and the Death Eaters.
Before joining the Order, the family has studied some Englishvocabulary about Staying Healthy, The World Around Us and Transport. They have also practised an A2 Cambridge Test.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series.
It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts Schoolof Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic.
The novel
was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom,
Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. It sold five
million copies in the first 24 hours of publication. It is the longest
book of the series.
Harry Potter
fans waited three years between the releases of the fourth and fifth
books. Before the release of the fifth book, 200 million copies of the
first four books had already been sold and translated into 55 languages
in 200 countries.
As the
series was already a global phenomenon, the book forged new pre-order
records, with thousands of people queuing outside book stores on 20 June
2003 to secure copies at midnight. Despite the security, thousands of
copies were stolen from an Earlestown, Merseyside warehouse on 15 June
2003.
Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix was met with mostly positive reviews and received several awards.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series.
The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print-run of
500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries.
The second novel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in the UK on 2 July 1998.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published 8 July 2000, simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes.
After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005.
The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007.
In 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
was released in a film version directed by David Yates and written by
Michael Goldenberg. The film was produced by David Heyman's company,
Heyday Films, alongside David Barron. The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, the third best of all time.
The Order of the Phoenix was a secret society founded by Albus Dumbledore to oppose Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
The original Order was created in the 1970s.
It was constructed after LordVoldemort returned to England from abroad and started his campaign to take over the Ministry of Magic and persecute Muggle-borns.
The Order worked with the Ministry to oppose the Dark Lord and his followers, and played a crucial role in the First Wizarding War. Their first victory came in 1981, with Lord Voldemort's first defeat at the hands of Harry Potter. The victory came with the high cost of many of their members.
The Order disbanded but was reconvened after Harry Potter informed Dumbledore of Lord Voldemort's return.
The Ministry refused to admit that the Dark Lord had returned, thus the Order alone worked to protect Harry Potter and the prophecy concerning him and Lord Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries.
After an intense battle occurred there between the Order, Dumbledore'sArmy, and the Death Eaters, the Ministry finally admitted the truth.
The following year would see the Order losing their leader and the Ministry being conquered by Lord Voldemort. The Order
remained an underground resistance, trying to protect Muggles and
broadcast the truth during the worst days of the Second Wizarding War.
They answered the call to arms by Dumbledore's Army, fighting LordVoldemort and his Death Eaters for the final time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Today, The Winsors and TheGrandma have started to prepare their participation in TheGoblet of Fire, an interesting tournament that it is going to be celebrated in Hogwarts.
TheWinsors have been invited by AlbusDumbledore and it has been a great honour for them to have this chance. The rivals are very powerful and strong but TheWinsors aregoing to offer their best result.
The Triwizard Tournament was first established some seven hundred years ago as a friendly competition between the three largest European schools of wizardry: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons,and Durmstrang. A champion was selected to represent each school, and the three champions competed in three magical tasks.
The schools took it in turns to host the tournament once every five years, and it was generally agreed to be a most excellent way of establishing ties between young witches and wizards of different nationalities -until, that is, the death toll mounted so high that the tournament was discontinued.
Before confirming their participation, TheWinsors have studied some English vocabulary about Clothes, Weather and The Body. They have also practised an A2 Cambridge Test.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry's name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete.
The
book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United
States by Scholastic. In both countries, the release date was 8 July
2000. This was the first time a book in the series was published in both
countries at the same time. The novel won a Hugo Award, the only Harry Potter
novel to do so, in 2001. The book was adapted into a film, released
worldwide on 18 November 2005, and a video game by Electronic Arts.
Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties of growing up and the added challenge of being a famed wizard. When Harry was a baby, Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard in history, killed Harry's parents but was mysteriously defeated after unsuccessfully trying to kill Harry, though his attempt left a lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead. This results in Harry's
immediate fame and his being placed in the care of his abusive Muggle,
non-magical, aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, who have a son
named Dudley.
On Harry's eleventh birthday, he learns he is a wizard from RubeusHagrid,Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraftand Wizardry,and enrols in Hogwarts. He befriends RonWeasley and Hermione Granger andconfronts Lord Voldemort,who is trying to regain power. In Harry's first year, he has to protect the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort
and one of his faithful followers at Hogwarts. After returning to
school after summer break, students at Hogwarts are attacked by the
legendary monster of the Chamber of Secrets after the Chamber is opened.
Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and thwarting another
attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength.
The following year, Harry hears he has been targeted by escaped mass murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry encounters
Black at the end of his third year and learns Black was framed and is
actually Harry's godfather. He also learns that it was his father's old
school friend Peter Pettigrew who betrayed his parents.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997.
The second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998. The third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, followed on 8 July 1999. Goblet of Fire is almost twice the size of the first three books, the paperback edition was 636 pages.
Rowling stated that she knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four. She said there needed to be a proper run-up for the conclusion and rushing the complex plot could confuse readers. She also stated that everything is on a bigger scale, which was symbolic, as Harry's horizons widened both literally and metaphorically as he grew up. She also wanted to explore more of the magical world.
Until the official title's announcement on 27 June 2000, the book was called by its working title, Harry Potter IV. Previously, in April, the publisher had listed it as Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament.
However, J. K. Rowling expressed her indecision about the title in an Entertainment Weekly interview. I changed my mind twice on what the title was. The working title had got out -Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament. Then I changed Doomspell to Triwizard Tournament. Then I was teetering between Goblet of Fire and Triwizard Tournament. In the end, I preferred Goblet of Fire because it's got that kind of cup of destiny feel about it, which is the theme of the book.
Rowling mentioned that she originally wrote a Weasley relative named Malfalda, who, according to Rowling, was the daughter of the second cousin who's a stockbroker mentioned in Philosopher's Stone. This
stockbroker had been very rude to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the past, but
now he and his (Muggle) wife had inconveniently produced a witch, they
came back to the Weasleys asking for their help in introducing her to
wizarding society before she starts at Hogwarts.
Malfalda was supposed to be a Slytherin and was to fill in the Rita Skeeter subplot, but she was eventually removed because there were obvious limitations to what an eleven year old closeted at school could discover.
Rowling considered Rita Skeeter to be much more flexible. Rowling
also admitted that the fourth book was the most difficult to write at
the time because she noticed a giant plot hole halfway through writing.
In particular, Rowling had trouble with the ninth chapter, The Dark Mark, which she rewrote 13 times.
It was pointed out that bigotry is a big theme in the Harry Potter novels and Goblet of Fire in particular. it was mentioned how Voldemort and his followers are prejudiced against Muggles and how, in Goblet of Fire, Hermione forms a group to liberate Hogwarts' house-elves who have been indentured servants so long they lack desire for anything else.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was adapted into a film, released worldwide on 18 November 2005, which was directed by Mike Newell and written by Steve Kloves.
Today, The Winsors and TheGrandma have received uncomfortable news in Hogwarts while they were practising some A2Cambridge examples.
A dangerous man has escaped from Azkabanprison, a fortress on an island in the middle of the North Sea, for convicted criminals built in the 15th century. Azkaban is one of the darkest places of the magic world.But they do
not believe this story and have decided to meet and help this supposed
criminal.
Before, the family has been preparing their Cambridge Exam studying some English vocabulary about InsideThe House, Food and Drink and Animals. They have also practised an A2 Cambridge Test.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling and is the third in the Harry Potter series.
The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along with friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry investigates Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner from Azkaban, the wizard prison, believed to be one of Lord Voldemort's old allies.
The
book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury
and in the United States on 8 September 1999 by Scholastic, Inc. Rowling
found the book easy to write, finishing it just a year after she began
writing it.
The book sold 68,000 copies in just three days after its
release in the United Kingdom and since has sold over three million in
the country. The book won the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award, the
Bram Stoker Award, and the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and
was short-listed for other awards, including the Hugo.
The
film adaptation of the novel was released in 2004, grossing more than
$796 million and earning critical acclaim. Video games loosely based on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban were also released for several platforms, and most obtained favourable reviews.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter
series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US, was published by Bloomsbury
on 26 June 1997 and the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
was published on 2 July 1998.
Rowling started to write thePrisoner of
Azkaban the day after she finished TheChamber of Secrets. Rowling's favourite aspect of this book was introducing the character Remus Lupin, Rowling additionally said in 2004 that Prisoner of Azkaban was the best writing experience I ever had... I was in a very comfortable place writing number three. Immediate financial worries were over, and press attention wasn't yet by any means excessive.
The New York Times said, So far, in terms of plot, the books do nothing new, but they do it brilliantly...so far, so good.
In a newspaper review in The New York Times, it was said that The Prisoner of Azkaban may be the best Harry Potter book yet. A reviewer for KidsReads said, This crisply-paced fantasy will leave you hungry for the four additional Harry books that J.K. Rowling is working on. Harry's third year is a charm. Don't miss it. Kirkus Reviews did not give a starred review but said, a properly pulse-pounding climax... The main characters and the continuing story both come along so smartly... that the book seems shorter than its page count: have readers clear their calendars if they are fans, or get out of the way if they are not.
The Horn Book Magazine said that it is quite a good book. In addition, a Publishers Weekly review said, Rowling's wit never flags, whether constructing the workings of the wizard world... or tossing off quick jokes... The Potter spell is holding strong.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
was released in hardcover in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8
September. The British paperback edition was released on 1 April 2000,
while the US paperback was released 2 October 2001.
The film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
was released in 2004 and was directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a
screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film débuted at number one at the box
office and held that position for two weeks. It made a total of $796.7
million worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of
2004 behind Shrek 2.
However, among all eight entries in the Harry Potter franchise, Prisoner of Azkaban
grossed the lowest, yet among critics and fans, the film is said to be
one of the best in the franchise. The film ranks at number 471 in Empire
magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.
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