Sweeping historical drama from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author
DIANA GABALDON is the author of the international bestselling
Outlander novels and Lord John Grey series.
She says that the Outlander series started by accident- 'I decided
to write a novel for practice in order to learn what it took to
write a novel, and to decide whether I really wanted to do it for
real. I did - and here we all are trying to decide what to call
books that nobody can describe, but that fortunately most people
seem to enjoy.'
And enjoy them they do - in their millions, all over the world.
Published in 42 countries and 38 languages, in 2014 the Outlander
novels were made into an acclaimed TV series starring Sam Heughan
as Jamie Fraser and Caitriona Balfe as Claire.
Diana lives with her husband and dogs in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Marvellous... it is a large canvas that Gabaldon paints, filled
with strong passions and derring-do
*San Francisco Chronicle*
For suspense, endless twist and turns, and a picture of life at all
levels, Gabaldon has done it again
*Irish News*
A blockbuster hit
*Wall Street Journal*
A triumph! A powerful tale layered in history and myth, at its core
is a love so vivid and fierce...
*Nora Roberts*
Anyone who's read Diana Gabaldon's absorbing historical novels will
relish her latest offering
*Irish Examiner*
Gripping historic mystery
*OK*
A story that is both moving and magical
*Northern Echo*
The freshest and most thorough portrait of Gabaldon's multifaceted
leading man . . . Deftly written, pleasantly concise
*Kirkus Reviews*
Gabaldon is a born storyteller
*Los Angeles Daily News*
History comes deliciously alive on the page
*New York Daily News*
The indefatigable Gabaldon, who has made the British 18th century her own, offers a trio of novellas about Lord John Grey, whose minor role in the Outlander novels (concerning Jacobite Jamie Fraser and including A Breath of Snow and Ashes) has become a major fictional spinoff (Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, etc.). The three mystery-adventure novellas of this volume span 1756 to 1758, in settings packed with dark secrets-and therefore dangers-for the soldier-hero with secrets of his own. The first novella finds Lord John swearing vengeance in London for a murdered government official, leading him to a deconsecrated abbey where members of the political elite indulge their basest desires. The second pits Lord John against a succubus that plagues his Prussian encampment, and combines humor with military strategy and supernatural myth. The third, most complex narrative finds Lord John investigating the cause of a cannon explosion in the English countryside that results in a fellow officer's death. Gabaldon brings an effusive joy to her fiction that proves infectious even for readers unfamiliar with her work or the period. A foreword and introductory notes add background on the book's evolution. (Nov.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
Marvellous... it is a large canvas that Gabaldon paints, filled
with strong passions and derring-do * San Francisco Chronicle *
For suspense, endless twist and turns, and a picture of life at all
levels, Gabaldon has done it again * Irish News *
A blockbuster hit * Wall Street Journal *
A triumph! A powerful tale layered in history and myth, at its core
is a love so vivid and fierce... -- Nora Roberts
Anyone who's read Diana Gabaldon's absorbing historical novels will
relish her latest offering * Irish Examiner *
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