A worldwide sensation with more than 12 million copies in print, Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series has produced number one best-selling novels and earned a fiercely devoted fan base. Another spellbinding entry in the series, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the saga of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century time-traveling wife, Claire.

The year is 1772, and the rift between Britain and its American colonies has put a frightening word into the minds of all concerned: revolution. In the backwoods of North Carolina, violence has already reared its ugly head, as cabins have been burned to the ground. To preserve the colony for King George III, the governor pleads with Jamie to bring the people together and restore peace. But Jamie has the privilege, although some might call it a burden, of knowing that war cannot be avoided.

Claire has told him that the colonies will unite and rebel, and the result will be independence, with all British loyalists either dead or exiled. And there is an additional problem. Claire has discovered a newspaper clipping from 1776 that tells of Jamie's death.

With its epic scope, historical details, and sweeping romance, A Breath of Snow and Ashes is everything Gabaldon's fans love and more.

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Diana Gabaldon
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12 October 2020
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Listening Length	57 hours and 48 minutes
Author	Diana Gabaldon
Narrator	Geraldine James, Davina Porter
Audible.com.au Release Date	12 October 2020
Publisher	Recorded Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08J4M9DWV
Best Sellers Rank	1,689 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 17 in Time Travel Romance (Books) 18 in Historical Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals) 60 in Historical Fantasy (Books)

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She's an awesome writer and very easy to become seriously addicted

Reviewed in Australia on 10 July 2017

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If you have never read any Gabaldon books, put your seat belt on and go on holiday. Once you get into this series you wont want to put the books down. You will want life to be placed on hold. She's an awesome writer and very easy to become seriously addicted. I've read the series through 3 times and have been hanging for the next book. (she often takes a couple of years.... so I'm impatiently waiting...)

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Kat Fin

A great romantic historical saga.

Reviewed in Australia on 12 September 2018

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Diana Gabaldon is a beautiful writer with her descriptive narrative being almost like poetry. The clarity in which you "see" the story in your mind is so absorbing that you never want to put down your book. The intensely romantic passion of the romance melts your heart. The historical background to each novel is very interesting and although it is fiction you are reading, Diana Gabaldon adds an amazing amount of research that adds an element of credulity to the work. The continuing story is so great that you cant wait for the next book. (Obviously I am one of her greatest fans.) I have read the series of books many many times each and still enjoy them.

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An avid reader.

Diana Gabaldon is an excellent author.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 June 2020

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I have read all of her books and found them excellent. Keeping you guessing though the story right until the end of each book.
I am waiting book 9, hopefully in the near future,
Jenni Reiffel

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Sandy Barker

Breathtaking

Reviewed in Australia on 2 September 2018

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This series just gets better with each book. The interwoven narratives, the character arcs, the intense high stakes and at the heart of it all is the beautiful love story that is Jamie and Claire. I loved this book.

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christine s

Outstanding

Reviewed in Australia on 8 February 2017

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Recommend to everyone. Excellent no loose ends all coming together. Couldn't put it down.on to the next one now.Again. she's brilliant.

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Rockinmama

Fantastic read

Reviewed in Australia on 21 January 2015

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Wow another fantastic book....I just couldnt put it down, reading well into the night. I m not going to say anymore about it as I dont want to reveal any spoilers, but if you enjoyed the other books, you will enjoy this one too

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Kiwi Kate

You live the characters

Reviewed in Australia on 15 June 2021

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Great series, I loved them all. The characters are so alive. Heaps better than the TV series

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Reviewed in Australia on 5 December 2017

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This is the 6th book I have read in the outlander series I have enjoyed this as much as the first book wonderful read .

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Plodding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 July 2019

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Having read the other books, I can honestly say that though I enjoyed the first three they are now becoming more and more tedious. I've stuck with them but constantly find myself skipping pages. The books are so long because the author goes into far to much unnecessary detail about battles, medical and scientific matters. The characters seem to get to get forgotten and lost in all of this. It's as if they have become an afterthought. It's also becoming repetitive. Apparently in Echo in the Bone, Claire once again thinks Jaimie is dead, this time she marries John Gray! She is writing these thick novels, but the characters don't seem to move forward much. I'm debating whether to read Echo in the Bone, I think I'll just continue to watch the television series, much more enjoyable so far. But seriously Diana Gabaldon needs to move the characters forward and bring Clair and Jaimie's story to it's conclusion.

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Suzi Hawkins

Good but still too long

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2018

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Just like the book before, which was book 5, book 6 feels too long and again needed editing. There were a lot of little mini-chapters, which were a little frustrating and which felt like they were in-fill for the book and didn't lead anywhere. If they were going to lead somewhere later there usually felt insufficient depth to deliver this. Once these mini-chapters closed, in many instances, we quickly pushed onto another incident, leaving the previous one unfinished. I feel there is so much unsaid by the characters, yet there is superficial in-fill within the book, pages of it. Loads of history, which I do love but also so many incoming characters that no one could possibly remember. The plot has become very contrived over the last two books. In this book's favour, I feel there is a lot of history and showing a great deal of interest in the changes in America and how it has become what it is today. I can see why there is still a gun issue there to this day. This is a country still hotly developing and its had to do this quickly as the world shrunk. So, I am grateful to have been given this insight through the words of this book. America was basically lawless for most of its early life and trying to create a cohesive lawful country isn't easy where it stood in the timing of America coming into being. I have loved seeing America grow through the last two books have particularly enjoyed the great insights Diana has brought to the pages. The Characters are the push and pull of the story, which twists and turns. It is total fantasy placed in the middle of a rising nation. A great place for this story to run. I do still have problems with these short in-fill chapters. What we have are great and painful things happening (don't want to give anything away) that don't seem to continue through, for much of the time and this is set against masses and masses of detail that is, fairly often, insignificant to the rest of the book. I would have liked more follow through on most of the intrigue and tangles that the characters got themselves into. They never really seem to talk about the deeper important things. This is only thrown in here and there. I crave much more of this deep talk. So much keeping feelings to themselves, sometimes for years!! A character I do love is Lizzy and her outcome in this book. It made me laugh so much.
What was made plain is that this is a time that people just got strung up, hanged, for little reason? Sometimes to get rid of an irritating neighbour. These are fast-moving times, people coming and then disappearing out of the book. I rather like that. If the detail gets too much I now skip bits but Diana sometimes hides little gems within the laborious detail, so be warned, you could miss something important if you skip some of the narratives.

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Amy Reads Books

I cried, I laughed, I loved.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2017

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If you judge a book by its 're-readability' then this is a great book. I've read it four times, which is saying a lot as this is an 800+ page novel. Obviously, it's book six in the Outlander series, so you know what you're getting from Gabaldon by now. I was swept away by the descriptions and the enduring love of Jaime and Claire and their life together on Fraser's Ridge. I learned a lot about the American War of Independence, too. I cried, I laughed, I loved.

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Outlandish Series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2019

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I have been reading and re-reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books since I discovered Cross Stitch in the 1980's. I love the history and the connection between the characters. Over the years as I read them again I discover new things about them. I have seen other reviews and note that other readers feel the same. Yes, I have them in books, but now they are collected together on my Kindle. I am once again working my way through them, and as I finish one book I can't wait to start the next. Would I recommend them. Yes. If you like romance, history and a bit of fantasy time travel, I believe you will fall in love with the Outlander series.

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Slow to start then kind of roller coaster'd at some speed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2017

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Its not a bad read, the author does come up with some good story lines and ties them together very well. I got a good sense of characters with this 6th book. Instead of just forgetting about some of them and leaving me wondering where they had gone, as in the last 2 books, she gave them purpose and a job, if not in the immediate story line at least I knew where they were. There are some very funny lines in this book, which made me laugh out loud; quiet miss Lizzie being the one that made me laugh the loudest. I got almost emotional when the loss of four major characters came. Having reached the end I feel the author has done her job. There are no loose ends, it could be The End.

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