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. 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.

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