Lord John Grey
Delta
November 2004
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Featuring: Lord John Grey
400 pages ISBN: 0385337485 EAN: 9780385337489 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Adored bestselling author Diana Gabaldo brings us
the first book in a new trilogy featuring many of the
characters from her wildly popular Outlander
series.
In her New York Times bestselling
Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon introduced millions of
readers to a dazzling world of history and adventure -- a
world of vibrant settings and utterly unforgettable
characters. Now one of these characters, Major Lord John
Grey, opens the door to his own part of this world --
eighteenth-century London, a seething anthill of nobility
and rabble peopled by soldiers and spies, whores and
dukes. Great Britain is battling France for supremacy on
three continents -- and life is good for a
soldier.
The year is 1757. On a clear morning in
mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London’s Beefsteak
Club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking
officer in His Majesty’s Army, Grey has just witnessed
something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal
that might destroy his family are interrupted by something
still more urgent: the Crown appoints him to investigate
the brutal murder of a comrade in arms, who may have been
a traitor.
Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once,
Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery
and betrayal that touches every stratum of English
society -- and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy
houses of London’s night-world to the stately drawing
rooms of the nobility, and from the blood of a murdered
corpse to the thundering seas ruled by the majestic fleet
of the East India Company, Lord John pursues the elusive
trails of a vanishing footman and a woman in green velvet,
who may hold the key to everything -- or
nothing.
The early days of the Seven Years War come
brilliantly to life in this historical mystery by an
author whose unique and compelling storytelling has
engrossed millions of readers
worldwide.