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. 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. Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. It consists of A Discovery of Witches (2011). Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell. The All Souls Trilogy is a series of books written by American scholar Deborah Harkness. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. But she goes out of her way not to practice magic. 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. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Diana Bishop is from one of the most powerful witch families known to exist, and she may be one of the family’s most powerful witches ever. 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. A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.
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