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A discovery of witches / Deborah Harkness.

Harkness, Deborah E., 1965- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0670022411
ISBN: 9780670022410
ISBN: 9780670022410 (hardback)
ISBN: 0670022411 (hardback)
ISBN: 9780670022618 (export ed.)
ISBN: 0670022616 (export ed.)
ISBN: 9780755374021
ISBN: 0755374029
ISBN: 9780143119685
ISBN: 0143119680
Physical Description: 579 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A. : Viking, 2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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. 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. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.

Summary, etc.:

Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.