Duffle Duck is much smaller than all the other ducks who tease him, saying, "A duck so small can do nothing at all."Â
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When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, its an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life.
Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world shes kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons & long-lived vampires.
Sensing the significance of Dianas discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire genticist.
Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew &, in a shadowy world of half-truths & old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing.
As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript & their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels...
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781472263087
• Author: Deborah Harkness
• Publisher: Headline
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 690
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 4.5cm