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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander)
by Gabaldon, Diana
- Used
- near fine
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0385302312
- ISBN 13
- 9780385302319
- Seller
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About This Item
Delacorte Press, 1992-07-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Signed. Signed American first edition, first printing. Signed on the title page by author. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Minor wear to spine ends and edges of jacket. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Gift inscription written inside front cover.We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask!
Synopsis
Dragonfly in Amber, the second book in the best-selling Outlander series, is written by Diana Gabaldon. Her books are difficult to classify by genre, since they contain elements of romantic fiction, historical fiction, and science fiction. The stories center around a time-travelling 20th-century nurse (Claire Randall) and her 18th-century Scottish husband (Jamie Fraser), and are located in Scotland, France, the West Indies, and America.
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On Jan 5 2017,
CloggieDownunder
said:
Dragonfly in Amber is the second book in the Outlander series by American author, Diana Gabaldon. The novel starts in 1968 with Boston surgeon Claire Randall and her twenty year old daughter Brianna, visiting Roger McKenzie, the adopted son of Rev. Reginald Wakefield. Claire tells Roger she is after information about men from Lallybroch who died at Culloden, but it is soon apparent that she has brought Brianna to Scotland to tell her the story of her true father, Jamie Fraser.
From there, the story takes up where it left off in Outlander (Cross Stitch), with Claire and Jamie in Paris doing their best to surreptitiously subvert the cause of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Claire's knowledge of what happens at Culloden Field is their impetus: they feel compelled to try to save the Highlanders from their awful fate. But can they really change history? Their quest takes them to Paris, to Spain, to Edinburgh, to Stirling and to the Highlands.
Liberally sprinkled through this generous serve of Scottish history are the minutiae of everyday life amongst the wealthy in Paris as well as the gritty details of battle and war. This instalment sees many assaults and murders, duelling, Jamie in the Bastille, friends ending each other's lives, a dramatic rescue, a revenge killing, a wedding, several pregnancies, and a bit of witchery. Gabaldon's plot has a few twists to keep the pages turning and enough loose ends to draw the reader into the next book, Voyager.
On Jun 15 2011,
elmarwinkler
said:
Second in the series. Well written and sets up the third book quite well. Further develops the two main characters, Claire and Jamie and an assorted supporting cast leading to the battle of Culloden.
Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Scouts
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 20090069
- Title
- Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander)
- Author
- Gabaldon, Diana
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385302312
- ISBN 13
- 9780385302319
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Date published
- 1992-07-01
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