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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Paperback)

by Diana Gabaldon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 640 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (4 Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099463334
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099463337
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 45,676 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It's 1758 and Europe is in turmoil - the Seven Years War is taking hold and London is ripe with deceit. The enigmatic Lord John Grey, a nobleman and high-ranking officer in His Majesty's Army, pursues a clandestine love affair and a deadly family secret. Grey's father, the Duke of Pardloe, shot himself just days before he was to be accused of being a Jacobite traitor. Now, seventeen years on, the family name has been redeemed; but an impending marriage revives the scandal.Lord John knows that as Whitehall whispers, rumours all too often lead their victims to the wails of Newgate prison - and to the gallows. From barracks and parade-grounds to the bloody battlefields of Prussia, Grey faces danger and forbidden passions in his search for the truth. But it is in the stony fells of the Lake District that he finds the man who may hold the key to his quest: the enigmatic Jacobite prisoner Jamie Fraser. Eighteenth-century Europe is brought startlingly to life in this compelling adventure mystery.


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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing Adventure, 25 Sep 2007
By Ynyslas Girl (Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
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I am a big fan of Diana Gabaldon and just read this in hospital whilst recovering from a major op. It's wonderful. John Grey is one of my favourite characters so it's great to find out more about him. The story is complex and absorbing (I had to read the end three times) and is written in Gabaldon's usual dry and amusing style. Wonderful ! I can't wait to read it again !
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably diverting, 24 Jan 2008
This review is from: Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Paperback)
Lord John is a minor character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander/Through the Stones series, and she has developed him further and created a series of short stories and novels around him. He is a homosexual English officer in the 18th C. This tale has Lord John investigating the death of his father in disgrace 17 years before, while also fighting in a campaign in Prussia, and taking part in several important family events. Jamie Fraser, the main character in the Outlander series has a small role to play, but I personally found this unsatisfactory. There was a bewildering array of characters introduced to us in the story, and I lost track a few times, and the occasional character I was familiar with, didn't seem to be very recognisable.

It was a reasonably diverting book. I didn't absolutely hate it, but I didn't love it either. It was an ok book, but if this had been my first taste of the author I would never have read another of her books. (Which would have been a shame because I really enjoy the Outlander series.)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the last few Jamie & Clare books..., 16 May 2008
By Roman Clodia (London) - See all my reviews
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At the risk of upsetting all the fanatical Jamie & Clare fans out there, I'll dare to say that this is a far better read than the last of the Outlander series (Drums of Autumn, Fiery Cross, Breath of Snow and Ashes) where I felt Gabaldon has written herself into a corner and simply run out of imagination hence recycling old plots (how many times can members of the same family get actually or nearly raped, for goodness sakes?!). At last she's given herself an exit and I felt her imagination has been revitalised and refreshed.

To be honest I didn't remember much about Lord John from J&C but that's really not a problem as the important stuff from the back story is fleshed out here. I also haven't read the first Lord John book, but again that's really not a problem for first-time readers.

Set some years after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion this is a multiple-standed novel following Lord John Grey as he untangles the mystery of his father's disgrace and suicide; gets embroiled in a steamy homosexual affair with his step-brother and fellow army officer; and deals with his relationship with Jamie Fraser.

Lord John is an interesting character with far more going on beneath his surface than at first appears, and the relationships between him and his family are portrayed with a light but profound touch. Similarly his affair with Percy and his unrequited love for Jamie are lightly-brushed but no less deep for all that. Gabaldon does best in refusing to indulge in histrionics and the drama is no less moving for being hinted at rather than spelled out at length.

For J&C fans, this oppositional portrait of Jamie is a fascinating one: at his most dour, we see his dark, powerful and cruel side which is far more repressed in the J&C series, but this adds an important dimension to the earlier books.

Other reviewers have complained about the lack of plot, but one of Gabaldon's strengths I think is her ability to draw the reader right in her character's world; so yes, this isn't a page-turner in the thriller sense where you desperately need to know what happens next, but it is quietly compelling. I'm glad to see Gabaldon move on from her most famous series at last and look forward to more Lord John.
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I had avoided the John books from Diana Gabaldon for some time being more interested in the Jamie/Claire saga. What a mistake! Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars a great stop gap!
Until the next jamie and Claire instalment, this book will keep you going. MOre insight in to Lord John Greys life. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars More superb Lord John mystery
My second Lord John mystery, and I greatly enjoyed it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I am sick of hearing about Jamie and Claire.
I enjoyed reading this book (convoluted plot and all) a lot more than I did my last Jamie Fraser book, which was Drums of Autumn, and I bet DG enjoyed writing it a lot more too... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Oh for goodness sake, Diana!
C.E.Elliott's review was so right! Forget Lord John (I could use another word!)and this rambling tale, which only came to life for a brief moment when Jamie appeared. Read more
Published 19 months ago by E. Woodley

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1.0 out of 5 stars So disappointing
What's going on?! I've read and reread the Jamie and Claire books a hundred times and I love them. This one is dreadful! Brokeback Mountain in the eighteenth century. Read more
Published 21 months ago by C. E. Elliott

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