The Fall of the Hotel Dumort
In the early 1900s, Magnus Bane meets with Sigmund Freud—and gives the good doctor plenty to ponder. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.At the turn of the twentieth century, Magnus Bane ventures to Vienna to try a brand-new medical treatment: “psychoanalysis.” But even though Dr....
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In the early 1900s, Magnus Bane meets with Sigmund Freud—and gives the good doctor plenty to ponder. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.At the turn of the twentieth century, Magnus Bane ventures to Vienna to try a brand-new medical treatment: “psychoanalysis.” But even though Dr. Sigmund Freud is the expert in the field, no experience can prepare him to work with a centuries-old warlock with a very complicated dating history. This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. This story in The Bane Chronicles, No Immortal Can Keep a Secret, is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BAWEG34
Publish date: October 15th 2013
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages no: 43
Edition language: English
Series: The Bane Chronicles (#7)
July 6-august 1Magnus Bane watches the once-glamorous Hotel Dumort become something else altogether in 1970s New York City.Fifty years after the Jazz Age rise of the Hotel Dumort, immortal warlock Magnus Bane knows the Manhattan landmark is on the decline. The once-beautiful Hotel Dumort has fallen ...
Not nearly as amusing as Magnus stories should be, but much more succinct and to the point than others have these have been, which is quite nice. Overall not bad, but not my favorite: a solid installment.
The Fall of the Hotel Dumort is set in the 1970's and was definitely more of the, let's say, serious books in The Bane Chronicles. Because it involved Camille and her vampires, Magnus wasn't the way we see him usually but I still liked it because we also got a lot more insight about Magnus and Camil...