After travelling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies.
At Matthew's ancestral home in France they reunite with their families - with one heart-breaking exception. But the real threat to their future is yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on a terrifying urgency.
Using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the palaces of Venice and beyond, Diana and Matthew will finally learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago.
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780755384792
Number of pages: 656
Weight: 440 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 50 mm
What a rich, thrilling and educational tale is... A captivating and romantic ripping yarn - E L James, Guardian
Intelligent and off-the-wall...irresistible to Twilight fans - The Sunday Times
Spellbinding... Unputdownable - Woman & Home
This is a glorious, finely-wrought gem of a book: intelligent, thoughtful, intricate... I could lose myself in here and never want to come out: what better accolade can there be? ...Utterly enchanting on every level - Manda Scott
A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire...all the ingredients for an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy - Daily Mail
A vast, sexy, historical romp of a novel. There's no doubting Harkness's vivid imagination - Daily Mirror
An inventive addition to the supernatural craze...has exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache - Marie Claire
Just incredible, flawless writing. It's enthralling, captivating, entertaining and heart-stopping. Loved it, couldn't put it down and didn't want it to end. Never sensational (as in over the top), it... More
Just incredible, flawless writing. It's enthralling, captivating, entertaining and heart-stopping. Loved it, couldn't put it down and didn't want it to end. Never sensational (as in over the top), it... More
Was given an advance copy by the lovely people of Headline.
Flawless, Beautiful, Outstanding, Perfection... are but 4 words of many that can be used to describe this book.
I know this is used often, but I seriously...
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