A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches is a fantasy novel by Deborah Harkness, first published in February 2011 by Viking, a Penguin imprint, in the United States. Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch, finds a lost manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library. It opens the All Souls trilogy.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Viking, 2011
- First published
- Viking, 2011
- Series
- All Souls Trilogy
The first edition of A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness was published in New York by Viking in 2011. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Viking2011 Other · All Souls Trilogy 1 I own A Discovery of Witches, Viking 2011 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Headline Publishing Group2011 Paperback · All Souls Trilogy 1 I own A Discovery of Witches, Headline Publishing Group 2011 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Bodleian Library
- Genre
- contemporary fantasy, vampire fiction, romantic fiction, fantasy
In print
- Editions recorded
- 19 on Open Library, 11 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 3 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of A Discovery of Witches?
The first edition of A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness was published in New York by Viking in 2011.
How many editions of A Discovery of Witches are there?
We track 2 editions of A Discovery of Witches, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- A Discovery of Witches, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- A Discovery of Witches (Q4656489), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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