Books 2014 - The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon

[byslantedlight]

I seem to be reading this series of books inside out, and have also managed outside of that to spoil myself for at least one later book in the Outlander series, but hey-ho - I do like Lord John Grey! I remember him as a villain in the series, as far as I'd read, but it may be that I'm misremembering - and of course those stories were from Jamie Fraser's point of view rather than Grey's. Either way, unless you've read the books you probably have no idea what I'm talking about, so...

1760. Jamie Fraser is a paroled prisoner of war in the remote Lake District. Close enough to the son he cannot claim as his own, his quiet existence is interrupted first by dreams of his lost wife, then by the appearance of Tobias Quinn, an erstwhile comrade from the Rising.

Lord John Grey - aristocrat, soldier, sometime spy - is in possession of papers which reveal a damning case of corruption and murder against a British officer. But the documents also hint at a far more dangerous conspiracy.

Soon Lord John and Jamie are unwilling companions on the road to Ireland, a country whose castles hold dreadful secrets, and where the bones of the dead are hidden, in an epic story of treachery - and scores that can only be settled in blood.

Of course that leaves out the part where Jamie is effectively Grey's prisoner, where Grey has a huge crush on Jamie, and... well, just all the other brilliant things that you have to read it to find out... *g* Gabaldon writes well, and I not only know who the characters are, but where they are, and I can feel the history of it all - the fog in the Lakes, the cobblestones in London, the wet and the mud of Ireland. It's interesting seeing the story from two different sides too, both Grey's and Jamie's pov, and just occasionally they're overlapped so that you can squee to find out what they're both thinking about each other... not that it's anything but a doomed crush on Grey's side (surely...) because Jamie will only ever be in love with his wife Claire, who has vanished into the mists of time and will not be seen again... in this story. *g*

The best thing? Two more Lord John Grey books arrived yesterday in the post. Yeay! *g*

Comments

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Excellent choice! LJG isn't a villain in the true sense of the word in the Outlander series. Just an English officer falling in lust with the wrong man. I shall refrain from any spoilers. :- )

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've definitely got English officer falling in lust with the wrong man from the LJG books I've read so far, and I sort of remember bits of that, though I think I'm perhaps mixing up another memory from the books too. So glad I'm moving to Somerset, which means hoiking my boxes of books between storage units, so that I can find my copies of the series ready to re-read! *vbg*

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

OK... I seriously need to read some of these books. Possibly a nice winter project?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, you seriously do! And I can totally imagine snuggling up with them over winter... in fact that's a very good idea... *g*

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Conjures up a lovely image doesn't it? And so many people adore DG's books... I'm sure I must be missing something. *g*

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

RE: Outlander series; If you like historical fiction, men in kilts, and a steamy romance, you are missing out!!

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

I like all those things, especially men in kilts as I have Scottish heritage. :-) Also I really hate missing out on something good! I picked it up to read the first page and was immediately sucked in so had to put it down quick as I really must finish the book I'm reading this week.

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Hurry Hurry! You won't be disappointed!

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Oh, and you are reading the one that I haven't, yet! :-) I somehow never managed to acquire "Scottish Prisoner," don't know what was happening in life when that came out, something dire, I'm sure! Must get it, pronto...

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of Diana Gabaldon in ePub format on the Yahoo Group eLibraries, so if anyone would like them for their eReader, they can be found here:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/e-Libraries/search/messages?query=Diana%20Gabaldon

I have read quite a few of the Outlander series, borrowed from my eldest daughter, and loved them. She is the one who found the above link.