All Souls book 1 · 2011
A Discovery of Witches
Diana Bishop, a historian at Oxford and a witch who has turned her back on magic, calls up a lost alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Its reappearance draws witches, vampires and daemons to her, among them Matthew Clairmont, a vampire scientist.
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Book facts
- Author
- Deborah Harkness
- Series
- All Souls, book 1 of 5
- Published
- 2011
- Setting
- Set in Oxford
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in A Discovery of Witches
4 recurring or key characters from Deborah Harkness’s chart. Introduces Diana Bishop, Matthew Clairmont, Ysabeau de Clermont and Marcus Whitmore.
Lead 1
- Diana BishopFirst appearanceWitch and historian
Major 1
- Matthew ClairmontFirst appearanceVampire scientist
Minor and cameo 2
- Ysabeau de ClermontFirst appearanceMatthew's mother
- Marcus WhitmoreFirst appearanceMatthew's son
Also featuring these characters
Other Deborah Harkness books that share the most characters with A Discovery of Witches.
- The Book of Life2014 · All Souls · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Time's Convert2018 · All Souls · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Black Bird Oracle2024 · All Souls · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon