Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade: A Novel (Lord Jo

ISBN: 0385337507

Author: Gabaldon, Diana

Condition: new

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDiana Gabaldon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander saga, brings back one of her most compelling characters: Lord John Grey. Here Gabaldon weaves together the strands of Lord Johns secret and public lives-a shattering family mystery, a love affair with potentially disastrous consequences, and a war that stretches from the Old World to the New.Its been seventeen years since Lord Johns father, the Duke of Pardloe, was found dead, a pistol in his hand and accusations of his role as a Jacobite agent staining forever a familys honor. Now unlaid ghosts from the past are stirring. Lord Johns brother has mysteriously received a page of their late fathers missing diary-and John is convinced that someone is taunting the Grey family with secrets from the grave. So he turns to the only man he can trust: the Scottish Jacobite James Fraser. But war, a forbidden affair, and Frasers own secrets will complicate Lord Johns quest-until James Fraser yields the missing piece of an astounding puzzle and Lord John must decide whether his familys honor is worth his life.

• first rate historical novel by Diana Gabaldon | family mystery, a love affair, and war that stretches from Old World to the New