Diana Gabaldon
Paperback | Pages: 980 pages Rating: 4.44 | 131110 Users | 5096 Reviews
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| Original Title: | A Breath of Snow and Ashes |
| ISBN: | 0385340397 (ISBN13: 9780385340397) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Outlander #6 |
| Characters: | Jamie Fraser, Brianna Randall, Roger MacKenzie, Jeremiah MacKenzie, Fergus Fraser, Marsali Fraser, Germain Fraser, Malva Christie, Tom Christie, Lord John Grey, Jocasta Cameron, Duncan Innes, Claire Randall Fraser, Stephen Bonnet, Young Ian Murray, William Ransom, Lizzie Wemyss, Jo Beardsley, Kezzie Beardsley |
| Setting: | United States of America North Carolina,1773(United States) North Carolina,1774(United States) …more North Carolina,1775(United States) North Carolina,1776(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Most-Hanky Read (tie) & Best American Historical/Frontier Romance (2006), The Quill Award for Science fiction/fantasy/horror (2006), Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Weltbild Leserpreis (2006) |
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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.Present Appertaining To Books A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6)
| Title | : | A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) |
| Author | : | Diana Gabaldon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 980 pages |
| Published | : | August 29th 2006 by Delta (first published September 27th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Fiction. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Time Travel |
Rating Appertaining To Books A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6)
Ratings: 4.44 From 131110 Users | 5096 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6)
Still hardly any plot, just people doing things, a few kidnappings, rapes and childbirths, a million of scenes of Clare healing someone. But at least Brianna wasn't lactating all book long this time.Whew. That was more than a marathon. What the Olympic sport where they ski and shoot stuff? This book is like that but add in finding a needle in a haystack, cutting gum from your hair, trying to remove blood stains from every item of clothing you wear every day for 6 months, participating in a spelling bee in a language you don't speak, and running for president in a country on another planet. Whew. There is a lot going on here. SO MUCH GOING ON HERE. I've sort of learned to love Roger more,
This book covers the adventures of the extended Fraser-McKenzie clan through the years 1772-1776, and oh God, you feel every one of them.I picked up this book in late August 2015. I just finished it last week. For those of you as bad at math as I am, that is NINE MONTHS. I coulda grown a whole baby in the time it took me to read this book. If I was a cat, maybe dozens of babies. A rabbit . . . at least a hundred. (If I was an elephant I would still be pregnant.)According to Goodreads, it took me
"But-oh God! Did she tell ye how it happened?" -Jamie Fraser"Yes. I'll tell you the gory details later." -Claire FraserThat little snippet of dialogue pretty much sums up this entire book. IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME! I admit that I really was starting to lose interest in this series after The Fiery Cross because it was just so boring, but this one really made up for it in SPADES. Oh, the drama! The scandal! The gossip! The sex scenes were better! The dialogue and jokes were better! At times, I felt
Finally finished the sixth book in the Outlander series. It took me over a year to read not because it wasn't an enjoyable read, it was, but in typical Gabaldon style it was a saga of a book. One that I found I could leave and come back to. Which I did for a while until I got close to the end and then realised I just had to finish it. Now I'm feeling a little forlorn that I won't have this to keep me company but thankfully there are two more in the series to read and so I have book 7 waiting for
The mind boggles at just how much history Gabaldon has written into this novel. While the Outlander series may seem to some as an over-written tome for Jamie Fraser hysterics, the dearth of American history enfolded is quite amazing. I have much admiration for the author. A hearty 4.5★
Gabaldon continues the epic historical series as the narrative inches closer to the American War of Independence. An early crime sets the Frasers and MacKenzies on edge, leaving Claire shaken to the core. This does not deter her prophetic commentary ahead of the key battles in the War and allows Jamie to forge his own path in the coming clash, pitting honour to the Crown against a known final outcome. Amidst the preparations for War, Gabaldon peppers the text with numerous vignettes that flesh
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