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The Book of Life is the 2014 concluding volume of Deborah Harkness’s acclaimed All Souls Trilogy, a romantic fantasy series. Deborah Harkness, a professor, historian, and novelist, began her bestselling series with A Discovery of Witches (2011), followed by a Shadow of Night (2012).
Brief Synopsis. The plot is set in a world where creatures of the supernatural, including vampires, witches, and daemons, live alongside humans. The story follows the journey of Diana Bishop, a historian and powerful witch, and Matthew Clairmont, a centuries-old vampire and geneticist.
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is the third and final installment of the All Souls Trilogy. It was published on July 15, 2014 in hardback, e-book, and audiobook in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
On January 9, 2014, the United States front cover and a two page excerpt were released to the public on USA Today. On May 12, 2014, chapter 1 was released on Harkness's website, courtesy of Viking and Headline. Chapter 1 was made available to readers in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand via iTunes.
After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew 's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to t...
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The third book in the series opens with the deceased witch Emily Mather and vampire Philippe de Clermont, as ghosts, seeing Matthew and Diana arrive to Sept-Tours. They realize that Diana is pregnant with twins by Matthew. When Emily says that Diana has never liked change, Philippe responds it's because Diana is afraid of what she must become.
Just before greeting Diana and Matthew upon their return to Sept-Tours, vampire Marcus Whitmore remembers how Diana's beloved aunt Emily Mather died while Diana was away. Emily was at the temple dedicated to the goddess near Sept-Tours, as well as vampire Gerbert of Aurillac and witch Peter Knox. Marcus' human fiancee, Phoebe Taylor, joins Marcus before they go out to greet Diana and Matthew. Phoebe is iron-willed and diplomatic.
At the same time at Sept-Tours, vampire Fernando Gonçalves cooks a tortilla española while talking with vampire Gallowglass about how Gallowglass saw Emily die. Peter Knox was touching Emily's head, then, when Emily's partner, Sarah, arrived and shouted her name, Knox released Emily, who crumpled to the ground unconscious and could not be revived. Fernando is the mate of the deceased vampire Hugh de Clermont, who was Gallowglass' father. Gallowglass reveals that Philippe adopted Diana as a daughter with a blood vow. They see Diana's familiar, a firedrake named Corra.
Sarah tells Diana the story of how Emily died, that Emily was using dangerous, higher magics to seek information from spirits about death and disaster that Emily was foreseeing. Knox was trying to read Emily's thoughts but Emily died saying that she knew the secret of the book known as Ashmole 782 and that he would never possess it. Knox threatened investigation into breaches of the covenant, one purpose of which is to hide creatures from coming to the attention of humans. The nine-member Congregation is responsible for enforcing the covenant.
Matthew takes care of Diana while she grieves, and Fernando looks after Sarah. Matthew and Gallowglass discuss that Diana's magical power has increased in the past months. Meanwhile, the ghosts of the deceased Emily and Philippe are joined by the ghost of witch Rebecca Bishop, Diana's deceased mother.
The Book of Life is a 2014 fantasy novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness, the third book in the All Souls trilogy. As the sequel to the 2012 bestseller, Shadow of Night, it follows the final steps in the story of Diana Bishop, a historian who comes from a long line of witches, and Matthew Clairmont, a long-lived vampire, as they unlock the ...
- Deborah Harkness
- 2014
In The Book of Life you elegantly wrap up all the mysteries you introduced in A Discovery of Witches, including why creatures weren’t allowed to intermarry, what was hidden within Ashmole 782, and who committed London’s “vampire” murders.
The Book of Life premiered in Los Angeles on October 12, 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 17, 2014. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The film grossed $100 million on a $50 million budget.
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This study guide contains the following sections: Plot Summary. Chapters. Characters. Symbols and Symbolism. Settings. Themes and Motifs. Styles. This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on Book of Life by Deborah Harkness.
