Description
Book one of the New York Times-bestselling All Souls Series--a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight" (People).
Now " a] hot show that's like Twilight meets Outlander" (Thrillist) airing on AMC and BBC America, as well as streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder. Deborah Harkness's sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, book three, The Book of Life, and the fourth in the series, Time's Convert.
Author: Deborah Harkness
Publisher: Viking
Published: 02/08/2011
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.95d
ISBN13: 9780670022410
ISBN10: 0670022411
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal
- Fiction | Fantasy | Epic
- Fiction | Occult & Supernatural
Now " a] hot show that's like Twilight meets Outlander" (Thrillist) airing on AMC and BBC America, as well as streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder. Deborah Harkness's sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, book three, The Book of Life, and the fourth in the series, Time's Convert.
Author: Deborah Harkness
Publisher: Viking
Published: 02/08/2011
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.95d
ISBN13: 9780670022410
ISBN10: 0670022411
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal
- Fiction | Fantasy | Epic
- Fiction | Occult & Supernatural
About the Author
Deborah Harkness is a scholar and writer specializing in the history of science and medicine. She has received numerous awards, including Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Humanities Center fellowships. Currently a professor of history at the University of Southern California, her most recent academic publication is The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. This is her first novel.