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Sto caricando le informazioni... Lord John and the Private Matter (originale 2003; edizione 2005)di Diana Gabaldon
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Historical Fiction arrived from camis! Bookcrossed. Story is ok slow build and drawn out dual story lines that play into each other at the end. I wasn't familiar with the main character so it wasn't as easy to get into the novel as it would be fo someone who is up to date on the Voyager Series. That said the characters are well drawn, but sometimes the the plot devices seem contrived as if the author isn't entirely sure how to handle everything somehow. In the end I'm not sure if my lack of enjoyment of this was from not being up to date with the Voyager series or if the writing style around this character is just not settled enough with the author yet. -- Bookcrossed to a fellow Traveler in Kuala Lumpur Una apacible mañana de junio de 1757, lord John Grey, aristócrata y oficial de alta graduación del ejército de su majestad, sale de su club londinense sumido en una profunda confusión. Acaba de descubrir un secreto perturbador, que afecta directa y gravemente a su prima Olivia. Con el fin de evitar un escándalo que podrÃa arruinar el buen nombre de su familia, lord John decide tomar cartas en el asunto, pero un deber más urgente lo obliga a postergar sus planes: la Corona lo reclama para que investigue la muerte de un camarada de armas. Asà pues, enfrentándose a una red de traidores y delatores que se extiende por diversas capas de la sociedad inglesa, desde las casas de mala reputación hasta las lujosas mansiones de la nobleza, lord John seguirá la pista de un escurridizo lacayo y una enigmática mujer, sinuosos personajes que tal vez puedan proporcionarle las claves de ambos casos. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of history, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most popular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey. The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London’s Beefsteak Club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty’s army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: The Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who may have been a traitor. Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once, Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every stratum of English society—and threatens all he holds dear. Praise for Lord John and the Private Matter “[A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England.”—Booklist “Packed with vivid description and detail. Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess.”—BookPage. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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