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Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second instalment in the runaway Number One Sunday Times bestselling All Souls series.'The balance of romance, magic history and suspense is just right' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'No words can describe how much I loved this . . . it was perfect' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Excellent world-building . . . meticulous and absorbing' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐---In a world of witches, daemons and vampires, the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past.When Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont. Now the coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened.Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. But they soon realise that the past may not provide a haven. Reclaiming his former identity as poet and spy for Queen Elizabeth, the vampire falls back in with a group of radicals known as the School of Night. Many are unruly daemons, the creative minds of the age, including playwright Christopher Marlowe and mathematician Thomas Harriot.Together Matthew and Diana scour Tudor London for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782, and search for the witch who will teach Diana how to control her remarkable powers...---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 magic only Harkness can conjure. You will be enchanted'LEIGH BARDUGO'Harkness's lush prose makes a fantastical world real enough to touch'JODI PICOULT'Rich, thrilling . . . A captivating and romantic ripping yarn'E L JAMES'Intelligent and off-the-w

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIt begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches...'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire' DAILY MAIL'Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES'You will be enchanted' LEIGH BARDUGO---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 No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS series.---Five reasons to read A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES and the ALL SOULS series:'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire . . . an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy'DAILY MAIL'Rich, thrilling . . . A captivating and romantic ripping yarn'E L JAMES'I could lose myself in here and never want to come out . . . Utterly enchanting on every level'MANDA SCOTT'Exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache'MARI