A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

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 from The 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 large scope of the novel allows Gabaldon to do what she does best, paint in exquisite detail the lives of her characters.'- Booklist The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire, find themselves on the eve of the American Revolution.īook Synopsis #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The sixth book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. About the Book Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in the bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon