A Discovery of Witches
The gripping first book in the magical All Souls series
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Published:29th Sep '11
Should be back in stock very soon
The phenomenal international bestseller and the first volume in the enthralling All SOULS trilogy, preceding SHADOW OF NIGHT and THE BOOK OF LIFE.
Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the phenomenal first instalment in the runaway Number One Sunday Times bestselling All Souls series.
*THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FIFTH NOVEL IN THE BELOVED NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ALL SOULS SERIES, THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER.*
'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, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.
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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 runaway Number One Sunday Times bestselling ALL SOULS series.
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Five reasons to read A Discovery of Witches and the ALL SOULS series:
'Haunting in every way. A story thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep...
Intelligent and off-the-wall, it will be irresistible to Twilight fans * The Sunday Times *
A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire...all the ingredients for an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy * Daily Mail *
An inventive addition to the supernatural craze... Historian Harkness's racy paranormal romance has exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache * Marie Claire *
A romp through magical academia * Guardian *
...a grand romance smartly dressed up in the fashion for the occult...Sauced up with magic as well as being intelligent, the novel will be irresistible to Twilight fans * The Sunday Times *
ISBN: 9780755374045
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 48mm
Weight: 480g
704 pages