I was lucky enough to get hold of one of the pre-publication limited edition booklets that contains some excerpts, and a description of the four major storylines in the book.
Can not wait!
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- diamondlil
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
- Vanessa
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- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
Gosh, it looks as if it's one huge book! Looking forward to it being published, though.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- diamondlil
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My Blog - Reading Adventures
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
All things Historical Fiction - Historical Tapestry
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
- Margaret
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- Favourite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
- Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
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Hmmm - they told me they weren't sending out any review copies, but were only sending advance copies to bookstore buyers. Sounded fishy to me at the time, and I guess it was. But the publisher is probably inundated with requests for review copies from everyone who has a book blog of any kind!I got a copy of the booklet in the mail last week (and had gotten another at BEA when Diana had her signing) along with a letter saying a review copy would be along shortly. It hasn't arrived yet, so I'm guessing they're not doing ARCs and are moving right along to the hardcover.
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[quote=""Margaret""]Hmmm - they told me they weren't sending out any review copies, but were only sending advance copies to bookstore buyers. Sounded fishy to me at the time, and I guess it was. But the publisher is probably inundated with requests for review copies from everyone who has a book blog of any kind![/quote]
I agree that sounds odd. Maybe what they meant is that only bookstore buyers were getting ARCs? I haven't seen any reviews yet anywhere. And still no sign of the hardcover in the mail!
I agree that sounds odd. Maybe what they meant is that only bookstore buyers were getting ARCs? I haven't seen any reviews yet anywhere. And still no sign of the hardcover in the mail!
- Vanessa
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- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
For those in the UK, if you go to Diana Galbaldon's website, you can find instructions on how to obtain a trade paperback in September - that's if you can't wait until January to get the hardback!! I've ordered one - it looks like you have to buy the hardback and then you get a free trade paperback, too.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
I would like to direct all Gabaldon fans to a very cute article written back when there were only 4 books:
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999 ... outlander/
My "Outlander" Thing: How a brainy guy like me wound up reading historical romance novels. BY GAVIN MCNETT
Sent this to my lover in England to prove to him that he wasn't alone in loving these books!
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999 ... outlander/
My "Outlander" Thing: How a brainy guy like me wound up reading historical romance novels. BY GAVIN MCNETT
Sent this to my lover in England to prove to him that he wasn't alone in loving these books!
Joan
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ~Thomas Helm
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- Margaret
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- Interest in HF: I can't answer this in 100 characters. Sorry.
- Favourite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
- Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
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Thank you, LoveUK, for the link to the Salon article - it's great! I love the description of the Regency romance he read at his professor's urging:
I think I may have read that one myself.like young-adult fiction written by Victorian pornographers
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