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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780385324168 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0385324162 Label: Delacorte Press Manufacturer: Delacorte Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1157 Publication Date: September 27, 2005 Publisher: Delacorte Press Release Date: September 27, 2005 Studio: Delacorte Press Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon’s New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over — and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. 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. 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. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Must be a loooong breath...I have been slogging through this tome for two months now (and I am a very fast reader) and feel like nothing has been accomplished. It was less than 50 pages when Brianna had a temper tantrum--didn't take long. That put me off straight away, but for the sake of loyalty I stuck with it. I'm now wondering why. Gabaldon's often praised for her use of historical detail, but in this book it seems she's gone in for more shock value instead with the rapes, the illnesses, the ... Read More Rating:  - No. 6 not a disappointmentso amazing - to be the sixth book in a series and be even more and as much as the other five. Gabaldon is a genius of a writer and such an amazing crafter of adventures and romance and life! I love this historical fiction series. It has something for everyone. She has done a skilled job at putting you there in history a couple years before the American revolution. Like Johnny Tremain but so much more. I love the medicine that she practices and the intimacy of the relationships. She is very thoughtful ... Read More Rating:  - Don't waste your $7.99Did Diana Gabaldon have lots of relatives and friends favorably rate this book? I try to finish every book I start because there is usually some gem or life's truth waiting to be discovered. However, after she rambled on for 101 pages, Gabaldon decided to describe a hemorrhoid operation in great detail. Did her publisher require her to fill 1400 pages, and that's what she came up with? Gabaldon writes well, but in this book she just loosely ties together random and unnecessary subjects in a very boring ... Read More Rating: - WOW !!! What a seriesThis book is just one in a series that I can say I wish I had never read....so I could read it again. I can't remember how many books are in the series but if it is seven, I wish it was seventeen. jim Rating:  - 6th in the seriesHistorical fiction? General fiction? It's really not romance anymore. If you ask me, only the first book, Outlander, was romance, but nobody's asking me. And while we're on the subject of things nobody's requesting my opinion on--is this not the plainest, most makeshift cover? I have the hardcover, and it's just really dull. Light gray, plain font. I'm the first to complain about cheesy covers with those shaved-chest cover models (okay, maybe not the first), but surely there's something between ... Read More |
