The Book of Life: The third gripping novel in the enchanting All Souls series

Harkness, Deborah

ISBN 10: 0755384792 / ISBN 13: 9780755384792

Published by Headline Book Publishing, 2015

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Life: The third gripping novel in the enchanting All Souls series
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755384792
• ISBN 13: 9780755384792
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 460 grams

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Synopsis

*THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FIFTH NOVEL IN THE BELOVED NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ALL SOULS SERIES, THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER.*

''My favourite book of all time'' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''This book was pure perfection'' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''Absolutely phenomenal . . . It was completely spellbinding'' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE HARDBACK BESTSELLER!

Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the epic third instalment in the runaway Number One Sunday Times bestselling All Souls series.

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A world of witches, daemons and vampires.
A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future.
Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it.

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.

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Five reasons to read A Discovery of Witches and the ALL SOULS series:

''Haunting in every way. A story thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep magic only Harkness can conjure. You will be enchanted''
LEIGH BARDUGO

''Harkness''s lush prose makes a fantastical world real enough to touch''
JODI PICOULT

''Rich, thrilling . . . A captivating and romantic ripping yarn''
E L JAMES

''Intelligent and off-the-wall . . . irresistible to Twilight fans''
SUNDAY TIMES

''A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire . . . an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy''
DAILY MAIL

About the Author

Deborah Harkness is a historian of science and a professor of history at the University of Southern California. She spent several years in Oxford doing research (and really did once find a missing manuscript in the Bodleian Library!). She has written THE JEWEL HOUSE: ELIZABETHAN LONDON AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION as well as the three novels in the internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, SHADOW OF NIGHT and THE BOOK OF LIFE.