Diana Gabaldon LORD JOHN & the PRIVATE MATTER Nice 2003 HC/DJ 1st/1st OUTLANDER
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First edition
img{max-width:100%} Lord John and the Private Matter, written by Diana Gabaldon, is a 305 page, 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 inch hardcover book published by Bantam Dell/Random House, Inc., New York. The copyright date is 2003 and this is a first edition: the printing number line on the copyright page starts with "1." The book is in very good plus condition in a very good plus unclipped ($23.95) dustjacket, with purple boards, a black spine, and copper spine titles. Synopsis - From the publisher: "In Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander novels, readers were introduced to Major Lord John Grey, who now opens the door to his own life in eighteenth-century London, a seething anthill of nobility and rabble peopled by soldiers and spies, whores and dukes. Great Britain is battling France for supremacy on three continents and life is good for a soldier. In Private Matter, the year is 1757, and 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." Condition Details - The book has a square spine, a tight binding, and no marks, tears, writing or turned down page corners. The cover has sharp corners with very lig
- Publisher: Bantam Dell/Random House
- Year: 2003
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
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