![]() ![]() It had been her witch’s sixth sense that someone was in mortal peril that had steered Emily down the path leading to this moment. Atop one of Sept-Tours’ round towers, Emily Mather pressed a diaphanous hand against the spot in the center of her chest that even now was heavy with dread. Ghosts didn’t have much substance they were composed only of memories and heart. Harkness discusses the book and how her academic work has influenced her fiction writing. ![]() This week, their questions will be answered, as the third book in the trilogy has been published: " The Book of Life" (excerpt below). Trying to answer that question allowed Harkness to incorporate her knowledge of the history of science, especially in the book's follow up, " Shadow of Night," which took Diana and Matthew back to Elizabethan-era Europe.īoth books have been bestsellers and readers have been eagerly awaiting Diana and Matthew's return to the present. She wondered, "if there really are all those creatures, what on Earth do they do for a living?" Harkness tells Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti that the idea for the book first came to her when she was in the airport, looking at all the books about vampires, witches and other supernatural beings. It was the first in what has come to be called her " All Souls Trilogy." In 2011, University of Southern California history professor Deborah Harkness introduced readers to professor and reluctant witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont in " A Discovery of Witches." ![]() ![]() Facebook Email This article is more than 8 years old. ![]()
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