A Discovery of Witches: Soon to be a major TV series (All Souls 1)
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By Deborah Harkness
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An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance. 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 genticist. 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…
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Can't recommend this book highly enough. Rich and compelling. I've devoured the whole series.
Lengthy books, but very enjoyable
This book had me gripped by the first page and all I wanted to do was not let it end, then I discovered it is part 1 of a trilogy, I have now bought the 2nd and third instalment.
I love the Vampire / witch match here in the books that makes me so thrilled with reading it
A very unusual witch and vampire trilogy set firstly in modern day Oxford university amongst the scholars and researchers. It is the story of a search for a long lost book which has the secret to the source of life as well as weaving an interesting relationship that forms between the two main protagonists who happen to be a witch and a vampire. Don't brush this off as a silly book - its got a really good story and the history is all very real. A really good read for those liking a little fantasy in their reading materials.
