{"product_id":"lord-john-and-the-private-matter-9780385337489","title":"Lord John and the Private Matter","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of history, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most popular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London's Beefsteak 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 may 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 stratum of English society--and threatens all he holds dear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLord John and the Private Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Packed with vivid description and detail. Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Gabaldon\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the wildly popular Outlander novels--\u003ci\u003eOutlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e (for which she won a Quill Award and the Corine International Book Prize), \u003ci\u003eAn Echo in the Bone, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Written in My Own Heart's Blood\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as a collection of Outlander fiction, \u003ci\u003eSeven Stones to Stand or Fall; \u003c\/i\u003ethe related Lord John Grey books \u003ci\u003eLord John and the Private Matter, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, Lord John and the Hand of Devils, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Scottish Prisoner;\u003c\/i\u003e two works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Outlandish Companion, Volumes 1 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e 2; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Outlander graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Exile; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Official Outlander Coloring Book\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619654111506,"sku":"9780385337489","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ccd136f4-c136-4edf-87ce-9a92b4a1fd85.jpg?v=1737282646","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lord-john-and-the-private-matter-9780385337489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}