Book description
It's 1758 and Europe is in turmoil - the Seven Years War is taking
hold and London is ripe with deceit. The enigmatic Lord John Grey, a
nobleman and high-ranking officer in His Majesty's Army, pursues a
clandestine love affair and a deadly family secret.
Grey's father, the Duke of Pardloe, shot himself just days before he
was to be accused of being a Jacobite traitor. Now, seventeen years
on, the family name has been redeemed; but an impending marriage
revives the scandal. Lord John knows that as Whitehall whispers,
rumours all too often lead their victims to the wails of Newgate
prison - and to the gallows.
From barracks and parade-grounds to the bloody battlefields of
Prussia, Grey faces danger and forbidden passions in his search for
the truth. But it is in the stony fells of the Lake District that he
finds the man who may hold the key to his quest: the enigmatic
Jacobite prisoner Jamie Fraser.
Eighteenth-century Europe is brought startlingly to life in this
compelling adventure mystery.
DIANA GABALDON is the international bestselling author of
Cross Stitch
,
Dragonfly in Amber
,
Voyager
,
Drums of Autumn, Fiery Cross
and
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
as well as
Lord John and the Private Matter
and one work of non-fiction,
Through the Stones
. She lives with her family and a lot of other assorted wildlife in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
