Break with a Banshee is a book written by Gilderoy Lockhart. It appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Lockhart claimed it was based on a true story about how he banished the Bandon Banshee.[1] However, he had actually stolen it from a witch who had a harelip and used a Memory Charm on her so she couldn't remember it.[2]
In 1992, when he taught Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he asked every student regardless of their school year to buy and bring a copy of it to their lessons. It could be purchased at Flourish and Blotts. Lockhart gave Harry Potter a copy of the book with a collection of his work for free, but Harry gave it to Ginny Weasley.[3]
Notes and sources[]
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4