Bücher von Deborah Harkness

The phenomenal No.1 international bestseller and the second volume in the enthralling All SOULS trilogy

The phenomenal international bestseller and the first volume in the enthralling All SOULS trilogy, preceding SHADOW OF NIGHT and THE BOOK OF LIFE. SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES.

The #1New York Timesbestselling series finale and sequel toA Discovery of WitchesandShadow of Night. Look for the hit TV series ';A Discovery of Witches' airing Sundays on AMC and BBC America, and streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder. After traveling 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 at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witcheswith one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. In the trilogy's final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences. In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago. With more than one million copies sold in the United States and appearing in thirty-eight foreign editions, A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night have landed on all of the major bestseller lists and garnered rave reviews from countless publications. Eagerly awaited by Harkness's legion of fans, The Book of Life brings this superbly written series to a deeply satisfying close.

Wenn die größte Gefahr eine Liebe hervorbringt, die stärker ist als das Leben selbst ...Nach ihrer Zeitreise in das London Elisabeths der Ersten kehren Diana Bishop und Matthew Clairmont zurück in die Gegenwart, wo sie neue Herausforderungen, vor allem aber alte Feinde erwarten. In Sept-Tour, der Heimat von Matthews Ahnen, treffen sie aber auch endlich ihre Freunde und ihre Familien wieder. Außerdem werden sie mit einem tragischen Verlust konfrontiert, der besonders Diana sehr trifft. Die wahre Bedrohung für die Zukunft aber muss noch aufgedeckt werden, und dafür ist es von höchster Wichtigkeit, das Geheimnis um das verschollene Manuskript Ashmole 782 zu entschlüsseln und die fehlenden Seiten zu finden ...

Die größte Liebesgeschichte seit Romeo und JuliaDiana Bishop, Historikerin und Hexe, und Matthew Clairmont, Wissenschaftler und Vampir, haben es geschafft: Die Zeitreise in das historische London Elisabeths I. ist dank Dianas immer weiter erwachender Macht erfolgreich verlaufen. Doch kaum angekommen, wird die Liebe der beiden auf eine harte Probe gestellt, denn sie sind mitten in einer Welt der Intrigen, Spione und Geheimnisse gelandet. Geheimnisse, die auch Matthew betreffen und mit denen Diana lernen muss umzugehen. Ist ihre Verbindung stark genug, um dem standzuhalten? Und werden die beiden das Rätsel um das Manuskript Ashmole 782 nun endlich lösen?

From the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofA Discovery of Witchesnow a hit TV series on AMC and BBC America, and streaming on Sundance Now and Shuddercomes a novel about what it takes to become a vampire.On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening when it seems that the world is on the brink of a brighter future. When Matthew offers him a chance at immortality and a new life free from the restraints of his puritanical upbringing, Marcus seizes the opportunity to become a vampire. But his transformation is not an easy one and the ancient traditions and responsibilities of the de Clermont family clash with Marcus's deeply held beliefs in liberty, equality, and brotherhood.Fast-forward to contemporary Paris, where Phoebe Taylor--the young employee at Sotheby's whom Marcus has fallen for--is about to embark on her own journey to immortality. Though the modernized version of the process at first seems uncomplicated, the couple discovers that the challenges facing a human who wishes to be a vampire are no less formidable than they were in the eighteenth century. The shadows that Marcus believed he'd escaped centuries ago may return to haunt them both--forever.A passionate love story and a fascinating exploration of the power of tradition and the possibilities not just for change but for revolution, Time's Convert channels the supernatural world-building and slow-burning romance that made the All Souls Trilogy instant bestsellers to illuminate a new and vital moment in history, and a love affair that will bridge centuries.

The perfect companion piece to the spellbinding All Souls trilogy. A thorough insight into the history and magic behind Deborah Harkness's world of witches, daemons and vampires.