Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon

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Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
1757, London. Lord John – officer, gentleman, homosexual – pursues a military spy and unravels a private scandal.

A gently entertaining story that ambles through a convoluted plot and then just kind of coasts to a stop. The real interest is John, his unrequited love for the offstage Jamie, and the glimpses we get of hidden but lively and perverse eighteenth-century homosexuality. Gabaldon does do her research, I'll give her that. Overall a nice diversion, with not much heft to it.

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