![]() ![]() Together, Diana and Matthew embark on a journey to understand the manuscript’s secrets. ![]() They believe that it contains important clues about the creation and future of creatures and desperately want to know how Diana, an unskilled witch, was able to get her hands on the elusive volume.Ĭhief among the creatures who gather around Diana is vampire Matthew Clairmont, a geneticist with a passion for Darwin. However, when she opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library, Diana discovers that she can no longer keep magic out of her carefully ordinary life.Īfter Diana returns the book, it becomes clear that creatures (classified as witches, daemons, and vampires) are after its secrets. Yale historian Diana Bishop may be descended from a long line of witches (Bishops and Proctors, yes, from the Salem Witch Trials), but she wants no part of her magical inheritance. The first book was published in 2011, and the second book Shadow of Night was published in July 2012, with the final volume, The Book of Life, released in July, 2014. ![]() A Discovery of Witches is the first novel in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, which weaves together elements of science, history, romance, and fantasy. ![]()
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