Now, Baldwin is compelled to treat Diana as a sister. Baldwin-the official head of the de Clermont clan-was unwilling to defy the Congregation and support Matthew’s relationship with Diana. 9).ĭiana also returns as Philippe’s blood-sworn daughter.
As her nephew Gallowglass states, “I did warn everybody that Auntie Diana wasn’t going to be the same witch she was before” (p. Accompanied by a firedrake named Corra, the Diana that returns to the present shimmers with power.
While Satu easily dominated a spellbound Diana in their first encounter, the witches in Elizabethan England helped Diana to unlock her unique abilities as a weaver witch. Was it the Congregation? Diana suspects yes, and she is prepared to make them pay. Emily Mather-the beloved partner of Diana’s aunt, Sarah-has died under suspicious circumstances. Much has changed since Diana and Matthew embarked on their journey. Now back in the present, married, and expecting twins, Diana and Matthew must out-maneuver both the Congregation and an even more sinister enemy who’s been lurking in the shadows since the very beginning. There-after an extended sojourn in France with Matthew’s father, Philippe de Clermont-they pursued the mysterious volume, Ashmole 782, from the court of England’s Queen Elizabeth to Emperor Rudolf II’s Prague. At the end of Shadow of Night,time-walking weaver witch Diana Bishop and vampire Matthew Clairmont are newly returned from the year 1591. A delightful wrap-up to the trilogy.In The Book of Life, historian-turned-novelist Deborah Harkness delivers the breathtaking final installment of her #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls Trilogy. The storytelling is lively and energetic, and Diana remains an appealing heroine even as her life becomes ever more extraordinary. There is no shortage of action in this sprawling sequel, and nearly every chapter brings a wrinkle to the tale. Meanwhile, Matthew and Diana are stalked by Matthew’s murderous son Benjamin, and to save everyone, Diana must master her skills as a weaver-one of the rarest witch powers. Also to be considered is the Congregation of vampires, witches, and daemons, who will not look at all kindly on the impending birth of Matthew and Diana’s twin children. They still seek the missing pages of Ashmole 782, the mystical manuscript known as the Book of Life and the key to the origin of all supernatural beings, and now must negotiate the internal politics of Matthew’s extended vampire family. In the final installment of Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy (after Shadow of Night), witch historian Diana Bishop and her vampiric husband, Matthew Clairmont, freshly returned to the present from their sojourn in Elizabethan England, have ample challenges to contend with.
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