A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander) Feature
- ISBN13: 9780440225805
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander) Overview
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews
As a fan of this series, I have long struggled with the Fiery Cross. So much went wrong in The Fiery Cross, I had to force myself to get this book. I'm so glad I did when I Gabaldon learned to know and love and come back.
What was the book that was not repaired in the last job. I was so angry with Brian, Roger, Jem and The Fiery Cross, which I was hoping they would return to his time. By the end of this book, I felt that was his storysolidified and started to carry some weight of its own. Jamie and Claire's relationship is less focused on sex, which I found to be unrealistic and overdone in the last book. The paternity issue is not being mentioned with nearly as much frequency, and mostly gone are the lengthy military matters that made my eyes glaze over. I am so glad Gabaldon downsized her cast of characters and resisted the urge to add so many new characters to the story.
Fans of Gabaldon know she writes in cartoons. The cartoons in the last book was uninteresting and boring and I felt the story was absolutely nothing. Somehow manages to create a bit 'of Snow and Ashes of interest and I found myself reading just another chapter, over and over again. It felt more like the series, which I love, and I was almost in a situation, the Fiery Cross (forgive but not entirely).
I have some criticism for this book. One is the Gabaldon fell in love with the word "cozy" and uses avery large number of times. She, too, with the same images rub-under-the-nose finger over and over again. I think a good editor that this type of lattice models, to call attention to the author, but apparently not. There were a number of places where the threads dropped suddenly and unexpectedly, and I wonder if I missed something.
Overall, a wonderful installment in the Outlander series.
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