12/20/2023 0 Comments Calibre books gabaldonGabaldon has a true storyteller's voice."-The Globe and Mail "Triumphant. It's a massive, long-lasting source of entertainment." -The Gazette(Montreal) Praise for Diana Gabaldon: "Riveting. For fans, this book is another slam-dunk hit. plot lines and stand-alone yarns are expertly woven together with the overall theme of impending doom and the question of predetermination." -The Toronto Star "Fans of Diana Gabaldon's popular Outlander series have another rousing historical-science-fiction-romance novel to savour inA Breath of Snow and Ashes…. One of the things that sets Gabaldon apart from other romance writers is exhaustive research of the times in which her characters live, so evident in her attention to period detail…. It also has surprisingly melancholy and insightful views on the experience of growing old and dealing with the losses that entails…. It's a massive, long-lasting source of entertainment." - Gazette (Montreal) From the Trade Paperback edition., "The sixth instalment of the adventures of Claire and Jamie Fraser, already number one on the bestseller list, is a whopping 980 pages of action-packed escapism. plot lines and stand-alone yarns are expertly woven together with the overall theme of impending doom and the question of predetermination." - Toronto Star "Fans of Diana Gabaldon's popular Outlander series have another rousing historical-science-fiction-romance novel to savour in A Breath of Snow and Ashes. One of the things that sets Gabaldon apart from other romance writers is exhaustive research of the times in which her characters live, so evident in her attention to period detail. It also has surprisingly melancholy and insightful views on the experience of growing old and dealing with the losses that entails. "The sixth instalment of the adventures of Claire and Jamie Fraser, already number one on the bestseller list, is a whopping 980 pages of action-packed escapism. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping fromThe Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie's death, along with his kin. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence - with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Now,A Breath of Snow and Ashescontinues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. Since the initial publication ofOutlanderfifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon'sNew York Timesbestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over - and sold more than twelve million books. Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time.
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