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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385315272
Edition: 1St Edition
ISBN: 0385315279
Label: Delacorte Press
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 992
Publication Date: 2001-11
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Studio: Delacorte Press
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
The fiery cross, once used to summon Highland clans to war, now beckons readers to take up Diana Gabaldon's fifth installment in the Outlander series featuring the time-traveling Frasers. Historical fiction fans who have waited four long years since the publication of Drums of Autumn will thrill to Gabaldon's trademark detail and sensuality, both displayed liberally throughout the nearly 1,000 pages of The Fiery Cross. In this pre-Revolutionary War period, Claire Fraser and her husband, Jamie, have crossed oceans and centuries to build a life together in the bucolic beauty of North Carolina. But tensions both ancient and recent threaten not only Claire and James, but their daughter, Brianna, her new husband, Roger, and their infant son, Jemmy, as well as members of their clan. Gabaldon delivers on what she does best: poignant storylines, empathetic characters, meticulous detail, and searing passion. Savor every carefully chosen word, readers; it may be a long time until the next installment! --Alison Trinkle
Product Description:
New York Times bestselling author of Outlander
Diana Gabaldon mesmerized readers with her award-winning Outlander novels, four dazzling bestsellers featuring 18th-century Scotsman James Fraser and his 20th-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall.
Now, in this eagerly awaited fifth volume, Diana Gabaldon continues their extraordinary saga, a masterpiece of pure storytelling and her most astonishing Outlander novel yet....
The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy — a time-traveler’s certain knowledge.
Born in the year of Our Lord 1918, Claire Randall served England as a nurse on the battlefields of World War II, and in the aftermath of peace found fresh conflicts when she walked through a cleftstone on the Scottish Highlands and found herself an outlander, an English lady in a place where no lady should be, in a time — 1743 — when the only English in Scotland were the officers and men of King George’s army.
Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by choice, linked by love to her only anchor — Jamie Fraser. Her unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through the perilous years ahead — or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes....
Grand, sweeping, utterly unforgettable, Diana Gabaldon’s new novel is riveting entertainment, a vibrant tapestry of history and human drama. Crossing the boundaries of genre with its unrivaled storytelling, The Fiery Cross is a gift both to her millions of loyal fans and to the lucky readers who have yet to discover her.
Average Rating: 
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I've seen some bad reviews on this book and can't figure out what everyone's problem is. These people seem to think that they're intellectually superior and have to pick apart Diana's writing from all sorts of angles. For crying out loud, just relax and enjoy a good book! (That is the objective here, isn't it?)
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I love the Claire and Jaimie series. Each one is as good as the last. Amazing in-depth characters, I cherish each book in this series. The Fiery Cross was as fantastic as all the previous ones! Each one leaves me wanting MORE MORE MORE!
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why is text to speech not enabled...i wont be buying any more of these vbooks until it is. give tyour customers what they want pls. caveat emptor.
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The entire series of books by Gabaldon are great. The writing is rich and the characters very compelling. Strongly recommend.
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Based on the previous books in the Outlander series, I couldn't wait to get this one.... And then once I got it I couldn't wait for it to be over! So boring, so tedious... I swear Claire spent 100 pages just trying to get some coffee made. I've heard the next one is better, but I'm not sure I can start it based on my Fiery Cross experience.
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