A breath of snow and ashes

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

A breath of snow and ashes

Author:

Gabaldon, Diana.

ISBN:

9780739322017

Edition:

[Abridged edition]

Publication:

New York : Random House Audio, [2005]

Physical Description:

13 audio discs (15 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

Outlander novel.

Number in series:

BK. 6.

Summary:

In 1772, on the eve of the American Revolution, Jamie Fraser is asked by the governor to help protect the colonies for King and Crown, but, thanks to his time-traveling twentieth-century wife, Claire, Jamie is aware of the ultimate result of the rebellion.

Personal Subject:

Randall, Claire (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Fraser, Jamie (Fictitious character from Gabaldon)-Fiction.

Fraser, Jamie (Fictitious character from Gabaldon) (OCoLC)fst00933778

Randall, Claire (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01089788

Subject(s):

Time travel -- Fiction.

North Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.

North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

North Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.

North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.

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Summary

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.

Summary

In the sixth installment of Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander series, 20th century time traveler Claire Fraser reveals some unsettling news to her 18th century husband, Jamie, on the eve of the American Revolutionary War. Slated to die according to a 1776 obituary, Jamie attempts to change his fate. However, many of the Frasers' friends are divided on opposite sides of the war, putting Jamie's life in perpetual danger.

Author Notes

Diana Gabaldon was born in Flagstaff, Arizona on January 11, 1952. She has a B.S. in zoology, a M.S. in marine biology, and a Ph.D. in quantitative behavioral ecology. She has worked as a university professor and has written freelance for various magazines and companies such as Walt Disney. She writes the Outlander series, which was adapted into a television series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Booklist Review

After waiting nearly four years since The Fiery Cross0 (2001), readers will find every expectation fulfilled in the sixth book of the popular Outlander series. Gabaldon shines as she unfolds the continuing story of the Frasers, heartbreakingly heroic highlander Jamie and his time-traveling wife Clare. Set during the three years leading up to the American Revolution, this compulsively readable mix of authentically set historical fiction and completely satisfying romance maps both violent loss and strong family ties. On the eve of war much is changing on Fraser's Ridge and Jamie and Claire encounter much harm. This vivid and haunting novel, therefore, brings an aching sadness, but it is balanced with sheer joy, revelation, and solace. The large scope of the novel allows Gabaldon to do what she does best, paint in exquisite detail the lives of her characters. Gabaldon's ability to invoke the heroic and the harrowing writ large, while also creating moments where you dare not take a breath for fear of missing something tiny and fine, is her hallmark. For it is in describing the sound of rain on the roof, Jamie's injured hand, or the understanding between father and daughter that the world of the novel comes alive and offers readers an enthralling experience. --Neal Wyatt Copyright 2005 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Anyone who has gotten this far in Gabaldon's popular "Outlander" saga knows to expect loads of steamy sex, kidnappings, medical miracles, and gritty period details. Breath's 900-plus pages don't disappoint. With the threat of the American Revolution looming, 20th-century time traveler Claire Fraser and her 18th-century Scottish husband, Jamie, must finally choose sides and prepare for war. On the domestic front, Claire's and Jamie's daughter, Brianna, experiments with piping running water to their cabin while her husband, Roger, contemplates ordainment as a minister. But what about that newspaper clipping that says Claire and Jamie die in a house fire? Knowledge of the future clearly goes only so far. Enemies both old and new add to the continuing drama of the Fraser family's survival in the hinterlands of North Carolina. Gabaldon's enjoyable formula works, even if it's taken five previous novels and a few thousand pages to get to the year 1776. Essential for every fiction collection. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/05.]-Laurel Bliss, Princeton Univ. Lib., NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.