Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness is part two of the All Souls Trilogy. It picks up where A Discovery of Witches left off, with Oxford scholar and witch Diana Bishop and Vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont traveling back in time to Elizabethan England, where they encounter Sir Walter Raleigh, William Shakespear and a number of other famous people of the time.
They are searching for the alchemical manuscript that Diana came across in the first book, and Diana meets a coven of witches who help her better understand her powers.
Harkness' love of history shines through the pages. I didn't like this one as well as the first book, but I hung in there, and I'm sure I'll read the final book in the trilogy to find out what happens, as this one leaves us hanging as well.
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