"A Discovery of Witches" - historical-fantasy novel

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A Discovery of Witches is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the
debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It follows Diana
Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she
embraces her magical blood after finding a long-thought-lost
manuscript and engages in a forbidden romance with a charming
vampire, Matthew Clairmont.
A Discovery of Witches was first published in hardcover on February 8, 2011, by
Penguin Books, becoming a New York Times Best Seller upon its release. It has
since been released in paperback and also as an ebook. The novel has been
translated into more than 36 languages. The book received mostly positive
feedback from literary critics. It was praised for its intelligence and the mixture of
history and fantasy, although some critics felt the plot was trite and the pacing
was slow. Comparisons were made between other popular fantasy series, namely
Twilight and Harry Potter.

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main characters
Diana Bishop
Matthew Clairmont
She is a witch who is initially untrained
in her powers. She is the wife of
Matthew de Clermont and the daughter
of
Stephen
Proctor
and
Rebecca
Bishop. Her parents were murdered for
being witches when she was a child and
she subsequently stayed away from
magic as a result.
Matthew
is
a
complex
knot
of
contradictory impulses and desires. A
poet, a healer, a scientist, a spy, a
warrior, an assassin – all of these titles
have belonged to Matthew over the
course of his very long life.

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