Lord John and the private matter : [No. 1 : Lord John Grey] / Diana Gabaldon.
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TextPublisher: London : Arrow Books, 2004Copyright date: ©2003Description: x, 380 pages ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780099461173 (paperback)Subject(s): 1727 - 1760 | Great Britain - History - 1714-1837, House of Hanover - Fiction | Sexually transmitted diseases - Fiction | Mystery and suspense stories | Historical fiction | Treason - Fiction | Sexually transmitted diseases -- Fiction | Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Historical fiction | Treason -- Fiction | Nobility -- Fiction | Soldiers -- Fiction | Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760 -- Fiction | London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction | Detective and mystery stories. | Historical fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 813.54 LOC classification: PS3557.A22Summary: The year is 1757. On a bright June day, Lord John Grey emerges from his 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 might well 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 level of society - and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility, from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company, Lord John follows the elusive trail of the woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all.
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Includes the novella: Lord John and the Hell-fire Club.
The year is 1757. On a bright June day, Lord John Grey emerges from his 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 might well 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 level of society - and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility, from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company, Lord John follows the elusive trail of the woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all.
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