All Souls book 2 · 2012
Shadow of Night
Diana and Matthew travel back in time to Elizabethan London, to find the lost manuscript and a teacher for Diana’s magic.
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Book facts
- Author
- Deborah Harkness
- Series
- All Souls, book 2 of 5
- Published
- 2012
- Setting
- Set in Oxford
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- High
Shadow of Night on screen
- A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022, series, Sky One). Teresa Palmer plays an Oxford historian and reluctant witch, and Matthew Goode the vampire geneticist drawn to her, across three seasons.
Who is in Shadow of Night
5 recurring or key characters from Deborah Harkness’s chart. Introduces Gallowglass.
Lead 1
- Diana BishopWitch and historian
Major 2
- Matthew ClairmontVampire scientist
- GallowglassFirst appearanceMatthew's nephew
Minor and cameo 2
- Ysabeau de ClermontMatthew's mother
- Marcus WhitmoreMatthew's son
Also featuring these characters
Other Deborah Harkness books that share the most characters with Shadow of Night.
- Time's Convert2018 · All Souls · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Black Bird Oracle2024 · All Souls · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon