About “Lord John and the private matter”
On a clear mid-June morning, Lord John emerges from London's Beefsteak Club with his mind in turmoil after witnessing something shocking. A nobleman and high-ranking army officer, Grey tries to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family, but is interrupted by something more urgent: the crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade in arms who may have been a traitor.
Praise for “Lord John and the private matter”
“[A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England.”
“Packed with vivid description and detail. Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess.”
“Gabaldon’s prose is crisply elegant . . . a compelling narrative that also offers a wealth of juicy details about 18th-century London.”
Book details
- Published
- 2003
- Latest edition
- 2003 · ISBN 9780440334521
- ISBN
- 9780440334521
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Lord John and the private matter by Diana Gabaldon has 305 pages.
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