It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.
Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the stunning first volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling All Souls trilogy,now a major television series.
A world of witches,daemons and vampires.
A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future.
Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it.
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 genticist.
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...
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9780755374045Number of pages: 704Weight: 484 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 46 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire...all the ingredients for an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy'- Daily Mail
'An inventive addition to the supernatural craze... Historian Harkness's racy paranormal romance has exciting amounts of spells,kisses and battles,and is recounted with enchanting,page-turning panache'- Marie Claire
'A romp through magical academia'- Guardian
'...a grand romance smartly dressed up in the fashion for the occult...Sauced up with magic as well as being intelligent,the novel will be irresistible to Twilight fans'- The Sunday Times
'Rich,thrilling...A captivating and romantic ripping yarn'E L James
'I could lose myself in here and never want to come out...Utterly enchanting on every level'- Manda Scott
Deborah Harkness
In 2011,the respected American scholar and historian Deborah Harkness exchanged fact for fiction and the All Souls trilogy was born. Beginning with the instant bestseller A Discovery of Witches,Harkness fused her passions for history,alchemy and the occult into the tale of a sometime witch and historian who stumbles into a universe of vampires and immortals. Rapidly,the series included the sequels Shadow of Night and The Book of Life and has now been adapted for television. Her much-anticipated 2018 novel Time's Convert effortlessly expands on the All Souls universe.
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