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    <body><![CDATA[The one where Lord John's mother remarries, which sets in motion new dangers, new revelations about his father's disgrace and death, and a relationship with an attractive new stepbrother. <br/><br/>I like Lord John a great deal, but I don't like Lord John <em>books</em> very much. Partly this is just a boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5645675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much.  Lord John is an engaging, interesting character -- and he doesn't spend a whole lot of time in this book mooning over Jamie Fraser!  This is set right after the death of Geneva Dunsany in the Outlander timeline, but the meat of the book is a mystery in Lord John's own...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5922857">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy the Lord John tales by Gabaldon.  They have absolutely nothing to do with her Outlander series even if Lord John is a minor character from it.  The Lord John tales follow Lord John on his exploits with the Royal English Army (or whatever the hell its called).  Of course, you also enjo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48283992">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the Lord John series is not nearly as satisfying as Gabaldon's Outlander series. I do love Lord John Grey as a main character but the plot-lines are rather difficult to follow and there are entirely too many characters to keep track of. As the second book in this series, I was disappo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23757268">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[warning: spoilers follow!<br/><br/><br/>I think this is definitely the best of the Lord John books so far.  I'm really delighted to see a mainstream bestseller write a vividly sexual queer romance.  Heaven knows we've seen Lord John show enough repressed desire, but it's lovely to see him with a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8124323">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book after finishing Gabaldon's <em>A Breath of Snow and Ashes</em>.  Thank goodness I found out it was out as it restored my faith in Gabaldon's skill as a writer and storyteller.  <br/><br/>The plot mixes an important &quot;whodunit&quot; as well as insight into John's personal life as a man ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6980499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Diana Gabaldon knows how to turn a phrase.  I have a hard time imagining a truly &quot;bad&quot; book by her.  <br/><br/>That being said, I just don't find myself loving her &quot;Lord John&quot; mysteries the way I enjoy her &quot;Outlander&quot; books.  Lord John is great as part of the ensemble...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5261728">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[(may contain spoilers)<br/><br/>It's been a while since i last read a Diana Gabaldon book, i followed her 'Outlander' series for a while but got distractes somehow.<br/><br/>I haven't read any other Lord John novel before and just saw this in the store and thought i'd give it a try since i remem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43100060">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These Lord John stories are mysteries with Lord John attempting to unravel several things at once, but like all good mysteries, every little strange thing seems to lead to one huge conspiracy which can be great fun. In this novel (which is much more satisfying than short stories) Lord John investiga...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39415787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First impressions: no idea she wrote this (sort of thing)! I was pleasantly surprised, after taking a risk on a $4 nice hardcover copy, some vague inklings in re the jacket notes, and generally pleasant memory of her Outlander series, to find that this was - subject matter wise - right up my alley, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53868630">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I dithered about this.  I feel a little odd giving a guilty-pleasure just-for-fun book like this five stars, but when I compare it to what I have recently given four, well, I have no choice.  Because I loved this so very, very much.<br/><br/>This is the kind of book I want to write, the kind of bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70775673">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pettymys ei ollut niin suuri kuin Lordin yksityisasian suhteen, sillä tähän osasi jo vähän ennakolta varautua. Sain tämän kirjan lahjaksi, joten roposten menettäminen ei harmita. Itse asiassa voi olla, että kirja olisi hyvä oppikirja tekstistä, joka ei oikein saavuta mitään eikä anna l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38752738">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like all Diana Gabaldon's books, she knows her era.  And for those of you who love Lord John,  you won't want to miss it.  Small warning however, one of the prime theme's in this book is predjudice and laws against homosexuality in Lord John's time.  His relationships are not simply alluded to as an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46710860">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I dropped away from Diana Gabaldon's main (hetero) romance series after the second or third book, mostly because het romance isn't my thing, and possibly because she shifted the locale to the Americas, while my own initial interest was because of the Scottish setting. (&quot;Outlander&quot;, the fir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50432183">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've put off thinking about this one because I was so disappointed in it. At times, I downright hated it. Who the hell was this main character? I thought I knew, thought he was smarter, braver, funnier, more urbane than depicted here.<br/><br/>1st Problem: We get to know his older brother much bet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35236779">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this second book in the Lord John Grey trilogy.  I felt it was much more fleshed out than the first book, Lord John and the Private Matter. There is much joy and much pain in Lord John’s life during this book, and my only complaint is that the main mystery of the book — who kill...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27649019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE (Novel-Mystery-Historical-England-Prussia-1758) – VG<br/>Gabaldon, Diana – 2nd in series<br/>Delacorte Press, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN:  9780385337496<br/>First Sentence:  To the best of Lord John Grey’s knowledge, stepmothers as depicted in fic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7162259">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is set in 1758, immediately after the death of Geneva Dunsany and the birth of her son William, events that were described in the novel Voyager.  It's pretty good; better than the first Lord John novel.<br/><br/>Lord John has a romantic fling in this one, but it was hard to enjoy it when...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5308002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit that I dropped out of the Outlander series after the 3rd book so I am a Gabaldon fan but not a truly dedicated one. I think her historical info is good, she writes a good romance, but the mystery in this is confusing. Too many characters and I didn't even remember the villian by the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41631628">more...</a>]]></body>
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