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'''''Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?''''' is a [[biography]] of [[Severus Snape]] written by [[Rita Skeeter]]. It was written sometime after Snape's death on [[2 May]], [[1998]], during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] and given the speed with which Skeeter turned out one of her other sensational profiles of a former [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] [[headmaster]], ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]'', may have been published as early as June 1998. Skeeter apparently penned the book despite public efforts by [[Harry Potter]] to clear Snape's reputation.<ref>[http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 30 July, 2007 chat transcription] at Bloomsbury site</ref> In keeping with her previous books it appears to be a hatchet job, and probably did Snape's reputation no good at all. However, Skeeter's previously published books, such as Armando Dippet: Master or Moron?, seem to suggest that the second of the two given descriptions is the more accurate one, giving forth the possibility that Skeeter's book, amongst the sensationalism rampant in her writing, attempted to clear Snape's name.
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'''''Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?''''' was a [[biography]] of [[Severus Snape]] written by [[Rita Skeeter]]. It was written sometime after Snape's death and given the speed with which Skeeter turned out one of her other sensational biographies, such as ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]'', may have been published as early as [[June]] [[1998]]. Skeeter apparently penned the book despite public efforts by [[Harry Potter]] to bring to light Snape's key role in opposing [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007]</ref>. In keeping with her previous books it is likely to have been another hatchet job, and probably focused much more on depicting him as a scoundrel rather than as a saint.
   
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*[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html Bloomsbury Live Chat]
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Revision as of 23:58, 16 April 2016

Snape: Scoundrel or Saint? was a biography of Severus Snape written by Rita Skeeter. It was written sometime after Snape's death and given the speed with which Skeeter turned out one of her other sensational biographies, such as The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, may have been published as early as June 1998. Skeeter apparently penned the book despite public efforts by Harry Potter to bring to light Snape's key role in opposing Lord Voldemort[1]. In keeping with her previous books it is likely to have been another hatchet job, and probably focused much more on depicting him as a scoundrel rather than as a saint.

Appearances

Notes and references