Record Number |
813886 |
ISBN |
9781472258236 (paperback) |
Author |
Harkness, Deborah E., 1965- author. |
Title |
A discovery of witches / Deborah Harkness. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Headline, 2018. |
©2011 |
Pagination etc. |
690 pages ; 20 cm |
Series |
All souls trilogy 1 |
Contents note |
"Now a major Sky original production"--Cover. |
Originally published: 2011. |
Summary Note |
Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. This smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of Anne Rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the Twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell. |
Subject |
Witches -- Fiction |
Magic -- Fiction |
Vampires -- Fiction |
Alchemy -- Manuscripts -- Fiction |
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
Science and magic -- Fiction |
Paranormal romance stories |
Paranormal fiction |
Romance fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F HARK |