Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
07/16/2005 AD published
The sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of the boy wizard's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore.
The book was published in the UK, the US and several other countries. It sold nine million copies in the first 24 hours after its release, a record that was eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
There were many controversies before and after it was published, including the right to read copies delivered before the release date in Canada.
Rowling stated that she had Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince "planned for years," but she spent an entire two months going over her plan before she began writing the story seriously. This was a lesson learned after she did not check the plan for Goblet of Fire and had to rewrite an entire third of the book.
She started writing the book before her second child, David, was born, but she took a break to care for him.
Subjects Who or What published?
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Scholastic Corporation American multinational p... -
J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling, Robert Galbraith) British author and phila... -
Bloomsbury Publishing British worldwide publis...
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Harry Potter Series of fantasy novels...
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