Lord John & the Hand of Devils (Recorded Books Unabridged)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1428166238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 9 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Diana Gabaldon is the author of six Outlander novels — A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, and The Fiery Cross — as well as Lord John and the Private Matter and one work of nonfiction
You need to read this book! Sekmet I enjoy the Lord John books and stories, because I like Lord John! He's a likeable fellow with a dangerous way of life. Not that one precludes the other, but in the 18th Century Sodomites, as they were called, faced a death sentence if found out. Lord John Grey is an urbane, a. "LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS by Diana Gabaldon" according to Susanna. Anything Diana Gabaldon writes can be assumed to be well worth reading. She's exceptionally gifted. She creates Lord John as a respectable character but with an overwhelming attraction towards other men, yet the reader rather finds himself/herself reading with tongue in cheek,. "Of course Lord John is not as exciting as the" according to Little old Alaska lady. Of course Lord John is not as exciting as the main Outlander characters, and in the main books to me he seems a rather flat character, convenient for providing Jamie and Claire with access to money, supplies, and to keep us informed of the life of Willie. But these stories, se
In Lord John and the Haunted Soldier, Lord John is thrust into the baffling case of an exploding battlefield cannon that ultimately forces him to confront his own ghosts-and the shattering prospect that a traitor is among the ranks of His Majesty's armed forces.. In Lord John and the Hellfire Club, Lord John glimpses a stranger in the doorway of a gentleman's club-and is stirred by a desperate entreaty to meet with him in private. Called to investigate, Lord John soon realizes that among the spirits that haunt men, none frighten more than the specters conjured by the heart. In Lord John and the Succubus, English soldiers fighting in Prussia are rattled by a lethal creature
The second pits Lord John against a succubus that plagues his Prussian encampment, and combines humor with military strategy and supernatural myth. All rights reserved. The first novella finds Lord John swearing vengeance in London for a murdered government official, leading him to a deconsecrated abbey where members of the political elite indulge their basest desires. The three mystery-adventure novellas of this volume span 1756 to 1758, in settings packed with dark secrets—and therefore dangers—for the soldier-hero with secrets of his own. . Gabaldon brings an effusive joy to her fiction that proves infectious even for readers unfamiliar with her work or the period. From Publishers Weekly The indefatigable Gabaldon, who has made the British 18