![]() ![]() How do we feel about this characterization? So, we’ve heard about the books being described as Harry Potter for adults. She’s a medievalist who’s written extensively about popular culture portrayals of alchemy, including of course, Discovery of Witches. Lisa Berry Drago: And Sarah Darren is a journalist, actor and author of A Beginner’s Guide to Alchemy. She also runs the website, theartofallsouls, which breaks down historical references in the books chapter by chapter. As well as what the depictions reveal about the audiences who use the manuscripts. Her thesis examined the representations of women in early medieval English manuscripts, considering where, how and why they were portrayed. Stephenie McGucken has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Cait is the other half of Chamomile & Clove. Lisa Berry Drago: Cait Parnell is a lawyer by day and podcaster by night. This podcast has also interviewed Deborah Harkness, the creators of the TV show and art historians. This podcast has published more than a 100 episodes breaking down the books and TV shows, chapter by chapter and episode by episode. Jennifer Daine has a BFA in creative writing and is one half of the duo behind the All Souls podcast, Chamomile & Clove. They’ll travel back in time to find a witch teacher for Diana and to find the Ashmole 782.Īlexis Pedrick: To help us break down this incredible sci fantasy series, we gathered four experts and enthusiasts. Eventually Matthew and Diana returned to New York with Diana’s aunts, Em and Sarah, where they all come up with a plan. And throughout the book, Diana begins to have magical experiences and begin to feel her power surging, but she doesn’t really have any control over it. Diana gets kidnapped by another witch and questioned. She had three sons with her former husband, Phillipe de Clermont. Ysabeau de Clermont is a French vampire who sired Matthew de Clermont. And without really telling her all that much about the covenant, he takes her to a castle in France to meet his mother Ysabeau. Lisa Berry Drago: Matthew tries to protect Diana from the covenant. So the two, along with a cast of side characters, spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to harness Diana’s magic and get it back. Now Matthew tells her the book is really important to the survival of the three species and the congregation wants it. After Diana calls up a mysterious book in the Oxford Library, she sends it back without truly understanding its magic. But within that container is a whole lot of other stuff. So if you haven’t seen them, you’ve been warned.Īlexis Pedrick: I wanna quickly break down the plot of Discovery of Witches before we jump into other conversations. The conversation will mostly focus on books one and two, and season one and two of the show. Lisa Berry Drago: Just as a note, this podcast is definitely going to contain some spoilers. The story starts in modern day Oxford England and quickly takes us all over the world, and all over time. Her main love interest is a vampire, Matthew Clermont. And no one is quite sure why.Īlexis Pedrick: The main character is Diana Bishop, who like Deborah Harkness is a historian of science, but also a witch. At what point, it’s established that the creatures might’ve made up to 50% of the population in the past, but they’ve been dying out. The creatures know about each other but the humans don’t know about them, and they wanna keep it that way. They live among regular folks but they do so in secret. Lisa Berry Drago: Like all good fantasy stories, there’s witches, vampires and demons in the world of All Souls. And a yearly conference that we occasionally host at the Science History Institute. A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and Book of Life have now been adapted into a TV series on Sundance channel. Which are a series of fantasy books by Deborah Harkness. And this is Distillations.Īlexis Pedrick: Today we’re gonna talk about The All Souls Trilogy. Lisa Berry Drago: And I’m Lisa Barry Drago. Hosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago ![]() The TV show and annual All Souls Con-which the Science History Institute occasionally hosts-is based on the trilogy of books about witches, vampires, and demons by author Deborah Harkness.ĭistillations sat down with Jen Daine and Cait Parnell, the hosts of the All Souls podcast, Chamomile and Clove art historian Stephenie McGucken and medievalist actor, journalist, and author Sarah Durn to talk about the series’ alchemical roots, the material culture in the TV show, and how the book’s found-family theme mirrors the fandom. Ever since the book A Discovery of Witches debuted in 2011, the All Souls franchise has taken on a life of its own with devoted fans all over the world. ![]()
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