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Shadow of Night
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All Souls Trilogy: Book 2

Shadow of Night (2012) (edit title/settings)

by Deborah Harkness (Author) (edit contributors)

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Shortly after Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont timewalk to London, 1590, they discover that the past may not provide a safe haven after all. Reclaiming his former identity as poet and spy Matthew Roydon, the vampire falls back in step with a group of radicals known as the School of Night who... read more

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  • “"You will not be alone either, Philippe de Clermont," I whispered firecely. "I'll find a way to be with you in the darkness, I promise. And when you think the whole world has abandoned you, I'll be there, holding your hand." "How could it be otherwise," Philippe said gently, "when you are in my heart?"”
    Diana Bishop/Philippe de Clermont
  • “If you're angry with me, say it. If I've done something you don't like, tell me. If you to end this marriage, have the courage to end it cleanly so that I might - might- be able to recover from it. Because if you keep looking at me as though you wish we weren't married, you're going to destroy me.”
    Diana Bishop

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Late 16th Century England
  • Old Lodge: Matthew's 16th century home
  • Woodstock, England: Old Lodge is located in this English community north of Oxford.
  • Sept-Tours, France: Philippe's home
  • London: Matthew is called from Sept-Tours to return to England to spy for Queen Elizabeth.
  • Blackfriars, London: An area within London located at the southwest corner where Matthew and Diana live.
  • Prague: Matthew and Diana are sent by Elizabeth I to obtain Edward Kelley, an alchemist with knowledge of how to create the philosopher's stone.

Organizations edit see section history

  • School of Night: A group of men centered on Sir Walter Raleigh that was once referred to in 1592 as the "School of Atheism." The group supposedly included poets and scientists such as Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman and Thomas Harriot. Atheism at that time was a charge nearly the equivalent of treason since the monarch was the head of the church.
  • The Congregation: The Congregation is a pact and organization consisting of 3 witches, 3 daemons, and 3 vampires who ensure that the 3 species do not engage in close relationships or meddle in human politics or religion. Other interactions with humans were allowed as long as the relationships were not problematic.
  • Rede: Twenty-six elder witches located within London.

First Sentence edit see section history

We arrived in an undignified heap of witch and vampire.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents

Part I
Woodstock: The Old Lodge
Chapters 1 - 7

Part II
Sept-Tours and the Village of Saint-Lucien
Chapters 8 - 14

Part III
London: The Blackfriars
Chapters 15 - 26

Part IV
The Empire: Prague
Chapters 27 - 33

Part V
London: The Blackfriars
Chapters 34 - 40

Part VI
New World, Old World
Chapters 41 - 42

Libri Persona: The People of the Book
Acknowledgments

Glossary edit see section history

  • wearh: medieval term for vampire
  • Palimpsest: manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again
  • oubliette: a dungeon with only an opening at the top
  • bailiwick: the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 2 in All Souls Trilogy. (standard series)

Preceded by A Discovery of Witches.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Deborah Harkness (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 10, 2012
ISBN: 978-0670023486
Page Count: 584

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3608.A7436 S53 2012
  • Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Sexual Content

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • A Discovery of Witches

Books Cited by This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Jew of Malta
  • Doctor Faustus
  • Hamlet
  • The Tempest
  • The Iliad
  • Tamburlaine
  • Euclid's Elements
  • The Faerie Queene, Book One
  • Aurora Consurgens
  • Song of Armouris
  • The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
  • On the Art of the Kabbalah/De Arte Cabalistica

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