A Discovery of Witches

THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *NOW A MAJOR SKY TV SERIES. Read the novel Season 1 is based on* It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with A Discovery of Witches . . . Reasons to read A Discovery of Witches and the ALL SOULS series: 'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire' DAILY MAIL 'Intelligent and off-the-wall . . . irresistible to Twilight fans' SUNDAY TIMES 'You will be enchanted' LEIGH BARDUGO '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 'Exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache' MARIE CLAIRE 'A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight ' PEOPLE 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 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 . . . Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the stunning first volume of the No. 1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS series. Readers love A Discovery of Witches : 'A masterpiece' Reader Review 'Bewitches you and doesn't set you free' Reader Review 'One of the best books I have ever read' Reader Review Read the ALL SOULS series in full: Book 1 : A Discovery of Witches Book 2: Shadow of Night Book 3: The Book of Life Book 4: Time's Convert Book 5: The Black Bird Oracle

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Deborah Harkness

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