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Delgirl asked this question about The Book of Life (All Souls, #3):
Quick question- who is the traitor who betrays Matthew to Benjamin. They keep talking about Benjamin knowing everything. Did I miss that?
Maria Rose Based on the fact that Benjamin was also looking for the Book of Life (later named Ashmole 782) since Jerusalem (where he also impregnated a witch who…moreBased on the fact that Benjamin was also looking for the Book of Life (later named Ashmole 782) since Jerusalem (where he also impregnated a witch who did deliver a baby that Phillipe almost was able to save), I think he was looking for it after also finding out that Matthew, his sire, was looking. So Benjamin had to be in contact with someone who was also as long living as himself who kept a close watch on the De Clermont family. So Gilbert would be the logical suspect, which the family at the very end of the book just adds that to the list of reasons to keep him under their thumb. He had known habits of consorting with all kinds of creatures but was the biggest bigot on the Congregation to hide his transgressions. He knew quite a few witches through the ages and kept close touch with all the alchemists, Dee, Kelley, and others, whom he introduced to Benjamin.(less)
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The Book of Life
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