LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
The first in the All Souls trilogy, it’s 640 pages of pure pleasure. Involving, intriguing and compelling, this book may look long but, trust me, it’s well worth it. The premise is that our world contains three types of supernatural being: vampires, witches and demons. They interact with humanity, often as our greatest creative artists and benefactors, but basically they live hidden lives. And what happens when a vampire falls in love with a witch …? Of course, there is so much more here; conspiracy, history, mythology, mystery, ghosts, even the promise of time travel. It’s big in all senses, an epic work, and it’s not over. Start here and then move on to the following two books in this wonderful series.
Books in the All Souls Trilogy:
1. A Discovery of Witches
2. Shadow of Night
3. The Book of Life
In February 2011 Book One in The All Souls Trilogy, A Discovery of Witches was unleashed on the world and became a global smash hit. A Sunday Times and New York Times top ten bestseller it has gone on to sell over 1.5 million copies as well as being sold into 38 foreign territories and a Warner Bros film adaptation is underway. The sequel Shadow of Night, published in July 2012, was a No.1 New York Times and No.2 Sunday Times bestseller, surpassing the success of the first book. The final novel in the series, The Book of Life was published in July 2014.
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A Discovery of Witches Synopsis
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire geneticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew and, in a shadowy world of half-truths and old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript and their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels...
The All Souls Trilogy
1. A Discovery of Witches
2. Shadow of Night
3. The Book of Life
About This Edition
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9780755374045 |
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29th September 2011 |
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Deborah E. Harkness |
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Headline Book Publishing an imprint of Headline Publishing Group |
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Paperback |
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690 pages |
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All Souls |
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Press Reviews
Deborah E. Harkness Press Reviews
Praise for the All Souls trilogy:
‘Rich, thrilling… A captivating and romantic ripping yarn’ E L James
‘Gripping and impossible to put down…a wonderful read!’ Katie Fforde
‘This is a glorious, finely-wrought gem of a book: intelligent, thoughtful, intricate …Utterly enchanting on every level’ Manda Scott
‘I am totally in love with A Discovery of Witches and its gloriously quirky cast of characters.
It is great fun and very clever all at the same time.’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Bookseller
‘Intelligent and off-the-wall…irresistible’ The Sunday Times
Author
About Deborah E. Harkness
Deborah Harkness is a historian of science and a professor of history at the University of Southern California. She spent several years in Oxford doing research (and really did once find a missing manuscript in the Bodleian Library!). She has written THE JEWEL HOUSE: ELIZABETHAN LONDON AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION as well as the three novels in the internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, SHADOW OF NIGHT and THE BOOK OF LIFE.
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