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    The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella
    The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella
    The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella
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    The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella

    Written by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Jeff Woodman

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A #1 New York Times best-selling author, Diana Gabaldon pens historical fiction that's widely celebrated for masterful plotting, authenticity, and riveting suspense. In 1759 London, Lord John Grey finds himself in hot water after a high-society electric-eel party ends in a duel. Needing to lie low, Lord John answers a friend's request for help and sets sail for the New World- unaware of the hornet's nest he's about to step into.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 27, 2012
    ISBN9781470320898
    The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella
    Author

    Diana Gabaldon

    DIANA GABALDON is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” She serves as co-producer and advisor for the Starz network Outlander series based on her novels.

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    • 5/5
      The development of the characters is exceptional. I loved it!
    • 4/5
      Where I got the book: purchased on Kindle.Lord John gets electrocuted, is threatened with marriage and meets a gay Indian. Altogether a rather forgettable plot, but I'll probably read this story again one day as I have a soft spot for Lord John. I enjoy how he maneuvers his private life and family connections around his military career, and Gabaldon's voice in the Lord John stories is surprisingly true to both the character and the times in which he lives. In the Outlander novels we see a man's world through a woman's eyes, but with Lord John Gabaldon can enter further into that world of men and war, a world that often contains no women (or only at the periphery) without losing me as a female reader. One of the aspects I really appreciated about this ebook is the chronological list of Outlander and Lord John stories showing how they fit in with one another. The ebook medium is a great place for a popular novelist to fill in gaps in the narrative and deal with those side stories that, as a writer, you're always finding for your characters but can't necessarily turn into a full novel.Very much worth the $1.99 I paid for it to get more of Gabaldon's fine handling of dialogue and action. Recommended.
    • 5/5
      This is a short novella about Lord John Grey which takes place before her novel The Scottish Prisoner, also about LJG and Jamie Fraser. Lord John starts off the story getting embroiled in a duel and ends up going to Canada to testify at a court martial hearing for an old friend. While there, he gets tangled up in the attack by General Wolfe on Quebec at the Plains of Abraham. I always enjoy Diana Gabaldon's writing and while this isn't a Jamie and Claire story, I do like Lord John Grey as well and this was a nice little slice of his life.