![]() ![]() However, she refuses to use her magic, afraid of her powers ever since her magic-user parents were killed when she was a child. Diana immediately knows the book is enchanted because she is witch, descended from the first witch executed at the Salem witch trials. Diana Bishop requests to see an ancient alchemical text, Ashmole 782. Working in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, 30-something scholar Dr. With an earnest tone and touch of humor, Harkness blends suspense, history, and romance while exploring deeper themes of self-identity, the importance of family, and the impact of prejudice.ĭiana is the first-person narrator for most of the book, but Harkness occasionally switches to the third person to show perspectives from Matthew and his son Marcus. Together they face increasing danger from creatures who will stop at nothing to end Diana and Matthew’s forbidden relationship and learn Diana’s secrets. As Diana learns to accept her birthright and embrace her magic, she and Matthew fall in love. The handsome vampire Matthew Clairmont and the malevolent wizard Peter Knox are among the many creatures who covet the book. Diana Bishop, a spellbound witch and scholar of 17th century chemistry, whose life changes when she calls a long-lost, enchanted manuscript from the Bodleian Library. ![]() Rocketing to popularity when first published in 2011, the novel receiving a starred review from Library Journal and became a New York Times Best Seller. A Discovery of Witches is a romantic fantasy by American historian, professor, and author, Deborah Harkness. ![]()
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