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''[[A Discovery of Witches]]'' is the first novel in the ''All Souls Trilogy'' by Deborah Harkness, which weaves together elements of science, history, romance, and fantasy.▼
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Historian Diana Bishop, who is descended from a long line of witches, has been fighting the influence of magic throughout the majority of her life. However, when she opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian library, Diana discovers that she can no longer keep magic out of her carefully ordinary life.
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Chief among the creatures who gather around Diana is vampire Matthew Clairmont, a geneticist with a passion for Darwin. Together, Diana and Matthew embark on a journey to understand the manuscript’s secrets. But the relationship that develops between the ages-old vampire and the spellbound witch threatens to unravel the fragile peace that has long existed between creatures and humans—and will certainly transform Diana’s world as well.
The first book in the ''[[All Souls Trilogy]]'' was published in 2011. The second book, ''[[Shadow of Night]]'' was published July 2012, which was followed by ''[[The Book of Life]]'' in July 2014. The [[Trilogy Creep|fourth book]] (a novella), ''[[Time's Convert]]'', was published in 2019.
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* [[Alchemy Is Magic]]: Though Diana has convinced herself that alchemy is simply the gateway to modern chemistry, it is apparent that the discipline is more magical than she wanted to believe.
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