An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance. 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 genticist. 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...
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Headline
ISBN: 9780755374038
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 640
Tiempo de lectura:
13h 17m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 14/03/2011
Año de edición: 2011
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Deborah Harkness
Deborah Harkness es profesora de Historia en la University of Southern California, EE UU. Ha recibido las becas Fulbright, Guggenheim y National Humanities Center, y su publicación académica más reciente es The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. También tiene en un galardonado blog de vino.