Lord John and the Private Matter
by Diana Gabaldon | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1844133885 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1844133885 Global Overview for this book
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One of the characters from Gabaldon's Outlander series, Major Lord John Grey, opens the door to his own part of this world - London in 1757, that seething city peopled by nobility and rabble, soldiers and spies, whores and dukes, where merchant-princes ride the tides of war with the wealth and power of the great East India Company. Great Britan battles France for supremacy on three continents - and life is good for a soldier.
The year is 1757. On a bright June day, Lord John emerges from his 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 might well have been a traitor.
Obliged to pursue two enquiries at once, Lord John finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every level of society - and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility, from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company, Grey follows the elusive trail of a woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all.
The early days of the Seven Years War come brilliantly to life in this historical adventure mystery.
One of the characters from Gabaldon's Outlander series, Major Lord John Grey, opens the door to his own part of this world - London in 1757, that seething city peopled by nobility and rabble, soldiers and spies, whores and dukes, where merchant-princes ride the tides of war with the wealth and power of the great East India Company. Great Britan battles France for supremacy on three continents - and life is good for a soldier.
The year is 1757. On a bright June day, Lord John emerges from his 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 might well have been a traitor.
Obliged to pursue two enquiries at once, Lord John finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every level of society - and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility, from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company, Grey follows the elusive trail of a woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all.
The early days of the Seven Years War come brilliantly to life in this historical adventure mystery.
Released 8 yrs ago (7/24/2015 UTC) at Laverton, Western Australia Australia
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Released 7 yrs ago (9/7/2016 UTC) at Melbourne Central New Little Library in Melbourne CBD, Victoria Australia
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