Spiteful after Chrestomanci bans her from using magic, Gwendolen starts a feud with Julia, charms ghouls to stalk people through windows, spelling the churches stained glass windows and turning Cat's fiddle into a cat called Fiddle. The siblings move to Chrestomanci's castle where they meet him, his wife Millie and their two children Roger and Julia. When the Chant children, Gwendolen and Eric (known as “Cat") are orphaned after their parents die in a boating accident, Gwendolen petitions Chrestomanci to let them live at Chrestomanci Castle where she can further her magical training under the tutelage of the world's most powerful enchanter after a fortune teller tells her he will lead her to becoming a queen. Charmed Life is set during the tenure of Christopher Chant, who serves as Chrestomanci in five of the seven books and is often referred to by his title. The Chrestomanci is a government office whose duties include the supervision and enforcement of magical law, and only the most powerful enchanter is up to the task. The Chrestomanci books are collectively named after a powerful enchanter and British government official in a world parallel to ours, where magic is accepted as commonplace. Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year. It was the first Chrestomanci book and it remains a recommended introduction to the series. Charmed Life is a children's fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones published by Macmillan Children's Books in 1977.
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