THE GRIPPING NEW HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FROM INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLER DIANA GABALDON
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. The series has now
been renewed for a fifth and sixth season.
Diana lives with her husband and dogs in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Gabaldon is a born storyteller
*Los Angeles Daily News*
The writing is superb - lush, evocative, sensual, with a wealth of
historical detail
*Library Journal*
History comes deliciously alive on the page
*New York Daily News*
Triumphant... Her use of historical detail and a truly adult love
story confirm Diana Gabaldon as a superior writer
*Publishers Weekly*
A blockbuster hit
*Wall Street Journal*
Trouble befalls Lord John Grey (fresh from minor roles in Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander novels) when he accidentally discovers that the Hon. Joseph Trevelyan, his cousin's betrothed, may have what those in 1757 termed "the pox" or "the French disease" syphilis. Before he can figure out an appropriate way to handle this delicate matter, he becomes involved in the investigation of the mysterious and grisly murder of a military colleague suspected of being a spy. Gabaldon (The Fiery Cross; Drums of Autumn; etc.) stitches these two plots together into a compelling narrative that also offers a wealth of juicy details about 18th-century London, especially its homosexual underbelly. Lord John, who reminisces about his dead lover, Hector, and the "lean, hard body" of an old flame, learns that Trevelyan may be traveling from one house of ill repute to another of a different sort: at the Lavender House, both buyers and sellers are men. Among his various trials and tribulations, Lord John must discern the identity of a mysterious figure in a green velvet dress spotted in both of these establishments and investigate the mysterious death of a similarly attired man, found with his face bashed in. Grey is a competent and likable sleuth, and Gabaldon's prose is crisply elegant. Her many fans will be happy to learn that this is the first in a series about the travails of Lord John Grey. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Gabaldon is a born storyteller * Los Angeles Daily News *
The writing is superb - lush, evocative, sensual, with a wealth of
historical detail * Library Journal *
History comes deliciously alive on the page * New York Daily News
*
Triumphant... Her use of historical detail and a truly adult love
story confirm Diana Gabaldon as a superior writer * Publishers
Weekly *
A blockbuster hit * Wall Street Journal *
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