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The World of All Souls

A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life

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 Discover the truths, the history, the myths and the magic behind the first three novels in the spellbinding All Souls series. Fall under the spell once more with this all-encompassing insider's guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life.

The first three novels in the All Souls series by Deborah Harkness, featuring historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont, delves into mythology, alchemy, literature and architecture. And history is brought to life.

The World of All Souls is the ultimate companion for fans and unlocks this fantastical world, letting you in on all its secrets and mysteries.

Praise for Deborah Harkness:

'This is a glorious, finely-wrought gem of a book: intelligent, thoughtful, intricate. . . Utterly enchanting on every level' Manda Scott on A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

'Deborah Harkness writes as if she's the hugely more talented love child of Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling' thebookbag.co.uk on SHADOW OF NIGHT

'Rich in arcane detail, fans will relish this exotic cauldron of romantic fantasy' Sunday Mirror on THE BOOK OF LIFE

(P)2018 Penguin Random House Audio©2018 Deborah Harkness Entertainment & Performing Arts Europe Fantasy Film & TV Historical Renaissance Fiction Magic Mythology Middle Ages Witchcraft Magic Users
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Enjoyed all three novels and the resource material prompts another listen right through it all *****

Great resource for all sorts of material.

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Amazing indepth insign into the Beautiful world of the All Souls Trilogy. Cannot wait until the new TV series come out.

Beautiful Addition to the All Souls Trilogy

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I loved how this book explained various things by the narrators and the author. I liked the accompanying PDF showed different things within the All Souls books as well.

Interesting and informative.

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As a last read following Harkness’s trilogy a d times convert it is a necessary accompaniment to the stories . My only is the pronouncement of babes by the narrator.. Burghley, Meridiana, Huguenot etc etc

Great historical roots

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The interview was interesting, and some of the articles informative, although mostly they rehashed the novels. I was hoping for more background and less quoting of the trilogy. Several entries are repetitive- did anyone proofread the John Dee section? How many times do we have to be told that Kelley persuaded Dee to share their wives because ’an angel told him’? The inclusion of the summaries was a mistake - they add nothing to the book.

The main narrator has a warm voice, but it is spoiled by excruciating pronunciation mistakes - not only in French (‘Auri-lac’) and Italian (e.g., she consistently mispronounces Michele, saying it as though it were in French), but also in English (e.g. pronouncing archangel as arCH-angel, Lord Burghley as Lord Berg-lee, and many other such lazy errors). She even mispronounces character names like Verin. I wish Jennifer Ikeda had narrated all but the author sections. As it is, I switched to the Kindle version.

A curate’s egg

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