![]() ![]() JK Rowling herself was a little more circumspect about her inspirations: ‘If you define the birthplace of Harry Potter as the moment when I had the initial idea, then it was a Manchester-London train,’ she wrote. ![]() Cafés and landmarks everywhere from Scotland to Portugal display signs claiming to have played host to the author while she wrote the novels – or, more boldly, to be the basis for the likes of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade. The films have also been immensely popular, and a sub-world of tourism has built up to see the places where the films were shot.Įver since JK Rowling first published her account of the ‘boy who lived’, theories about the inspirations for Harry Potter – and the magical world he inhabits – have abounded. The Harry Potter series of novels has sold over 500 million copies, making it the best-selling book series in history. ![]()
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