Juliette deals a deathblow to Matthew who begins to bleed out. Juliette, a beautiful, insane vampire from Matthew’s past, attempts to kidnap Diana. The figures in the ancient illustration resemble Diana and Matthew, who may be able to have children, even though crossbreeding between species was thought impossible. Diana discovers a missing illustration from Ashmole 782. Sarah and Em overcome some of their prejudices as they get to know Matthew. Needing to learn how to control her emerging powers, Diana and Matthew travel to her Aunt Sarah and her partner Emily “Em,” both witches who Matthew hopes can teach Diana. ![]() Matthew and his older stepbrother Baldwin help rescue Diana. Diana has a vision of her mother and father explaining that they bound up her magic to keep her safe until a “shadowed man” arrived to help her free her powers. Diana resists, and Satu closes her in a dungeon. Diana discovers that Matthew is the head of an ancient, secret organization called the Knights of Lazarus.Ī powerful witch named Satu kidnaps Diana and tortures her to get her to give up her magical secrets. Their kiss makes them a married, or mated, couple in the eyes of vampires. Diana pledges her love for Matthew, and he vows his love for her. Together they settle into a quiet life at Sept-Tours. To escape Peter Knox, Matthew takes Diana to Sept-Tours, his fortress-like family home in France. Meanwhile, Diana’s magic begins to emerge, and Matthew understands it is tied to her emotions. Diana panics, but Matthew is there to support her, and Diana realizes she feels safe with him. He sends Diana a photo of her murdered parents. When Diana tries to retrieve Ashmole 782 from the library again, Peter Knox wants to force her to get the book for the witches. ![]() Matthew confides to his daemon friend Hamish that he is falling in love.ĭiana learns that Ashmole 782 holds a big secret. Matthew sees that Diana is possibly the most powerful witch he’s known, but she doesn’t know how to use her powers. He guards her at the library, and they invite each other to their college rooms for dinners. Diana is drawn to Matthew and despite himself, he is unaccountably attracted to her. Matthew protects Diana from Peter Knox, a powerful wizard. Upon meeting Diana, he is impressed with her bravery and latent power. Matthew Clairmont, a tall, dark-haired, handsome vampire scientist is also searching for Ashmole 782. The three species regard each other with fear, prejudice, and loathing. Thanks to a centuries old covenant, it is against the rules for witches, vampires, and daemons to mix. Each group believes that Ashmole 782 has secrets specific to their species, and they do not want it to fall into hands of another group. Three magical species are searching for Ashmole 782, which has been missing since 1859: daemons, the creative geniuses who skirt the edge of madness vampires, cold, intelligent, beautiful beings with preternatural senses and witches, gifted with magical powers. Worried, Diana returns the manuscript to the stacks. Diana has proudly made her own way as a scholar of alchemy without using magic, becoming a tenured professor at Yale on her own merits. 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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