A discovery of witches / Deborah Harkness.
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TextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2011.Description: 579 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0670022411 (hbk.)
- 9780670022410 (hbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Harkness Deborah | Available | 33111006343723 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series, from the author of The Black Bird Oracle.
"A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight " ( People ).
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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 .
Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.