Written in my own heart's blood : a novel / Diana Gabaldon

ISBN: 9780385666138 (paperback)
Physical Description: xvii, 825 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
Publisher: [Toronto] : Anchor Canada, [2015]
Copyright: &copy;2014
Badges: Top Holds Over Last 5 Years : 3 / 5.0

Summary:

1778: France has declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie's wife, Claire, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankfull that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who has been kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family's secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy... never suspecting that the object of his quest had not left the present. now with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself. - book jacket.