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A discovery of witches / Deborah Harkness.
Young scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant in an old and distinguished line of witches, wants nothing to do with sorcery, but while doing research at Oxford's Bodleian Library, she unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript that causes a stirring in the underworld that only she can calm.
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- ISBN: 9780670022410
- ISBN: 0670022411
- ISBN: 9780143119685
- ISBN: 0143119680
- ISBN: 9780525506300
- ISBN: 0525506306
- Physical Description: 579 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, [2011]
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| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
| Target Audience Note: | Adult Follett Library Resources Adult |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 35 153996. |
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| Subject: | Vampires > Fiction. Witches > Fiction. Alchemy > Manuscripts > Fiction. Science and magic > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Romance fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Pulaski County Library-Waynesville | F SciFi Har (Text) | 33642000715797 | Sci-Fi | Available | - |
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A Discovery of Witches : A Novel
Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series, from the author of The Black Bird Oracle. "A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight " ( People ). Look for the hit series "A Discovery of Witches," now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder! Deborah Harkness's sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches , has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782 , deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night , book three, The Book of Life , and the fourth in the series, Time's Convert .
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