A Discovery of Witches
By: Deborah Harkness
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 579
ISBN-13: 9780670022410
Description: Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.