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Owen Davies
Owen Davies is a British historian who specialises in the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and popular medicine. He is currently Professor in History at the University of Hertfordshire and has been described as Britain's "foremost academic expert on the history of magic".
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- The Art of the Grimoire
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- He is currently Professor in History at the University of Hertfordshire and has been described as Britain's "foremost academic expert on the history of magic".
- It's almost Halloween, so we have conjured up Owen Davies to talk about his spectacular new book 'The Art of the Grimoire', an illustrated history of magical books and spellcraft from the dawn of time to the era of Buffy and Harry Potter.
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