Diana Gabaldon- Lord John And The Brotherhood Of The Blade

(USED-Good Cond)- The secret of Lord John's past lies in Jamie Fraser's hands.

 lt'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 oficer 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.

 PRAISE FOR LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER

 'Gabaldon is a born storyteller' Los Angeles Daily News

 'History comes deliciously alive on the page' New York Daily News

'For suspense, endless twists and turns, and a picture of life at all levels, Gabaldon has done it again' Irish News