Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone
(Outlander 9)
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4.4 • 84 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
*The author of the Sunday Times bestselling Outlander series returns with the newest novel in the epic tale*
'Gabaldon's vast and sweeping account of the war is so intricately plotted and peopled that one is amazed she could conceive and write it in only seven years' INDEPENDENT
'Go Tell the Bees is packed with everything readers love about the Outlander series' GUARDIAN
'Gabaldon is a gifted world-builder, and her attention to the unglamorous details of life in the past, like digging privies, plus authentic portraits of marriage and relationships lift her series' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same.
It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible.
Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's tea-kettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his own tenants are split and the war is on his doorstep. It's only a matter of time before the shooting starts.
Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to terms with the discovery of his true father's identity - and thus his own. Lord John Grey also has reconciliations to make and dangers to meet . . . on his son's behalf, and his own.
Meanwhile, the Southern Colonies blaze, and the Revolution creeps ever closer to Fraser's Ridge. And Claire, the physician, wonders how much of the blood to be spilt will belong to those she loves.
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Readers can't get enough of Go Tell The Bees ...
***** '6/5 ... like it could be anything else..'
***** 'I love the characters, I love the details, I love the life Gabaldon breathes into the stories.'
***** 'A wonderful book I'm sorry to have finished.'
***** 'Five stars. This series is captivating and tugs on your heartstrings.'
***** 'I adore these books. I love Gabaldon's work.'
***** 'Diana Gabaldon never ceases to rip me apart and put me back together over and over and over and over again. '
***** 'I've never wanted to finish a book and also not finish a book so much!'
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Diana Gabaldon’s multimillion-selling Outlander series has kept readers captivated across eight books. Its ninth (of a planned 10) might be the best yet. For the uninitiated, Gabaldon’s heroine is Claire Randall: a 20th-century British nurse capable of time travel. She ventures back to 18th-century Scotland and embarks upon extravagant adventures (and a fair bit more besides) with Jamie Fraser, a Highland warrior. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone zips us forward to 1779 and the American Revolution. The couple are finally reunited with their daughter and her family, but there’s trouble brewing all across the fledgling republic. Gabaldon captures post-Revolution America with a richness befitting of her masterful series, and fans will be spellbound by the twists and turns.
Customer Reviews
Great
Great book hope there is another one!
Och!
Well, at the start I got bored, maybe too long between books? Anyway I read on and then I got excited, couldn’t put it down, had to see how it ended. Happy ending for some and beginning for other.
Highly recommend the book series, so much better than the tv series 😃😍
Surprised and mystified
I have been a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s books since I purchased the first book in the Outlander series (originally called ‘Cross Stitch’) in 1999.
Each book in the series has inspired, challenged and provided a wonderful mix of historical events, love and loss, and elements of fantasy that make you wonder ‘what if time travel were possible’?
“Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone” provided insights into Gabaldon’s Theory of Time Travel through the character of Brianna Fraser, Jamie and Claire’s daughter and that was the part that surprised me.
I am however mystified about this volume as I felt it was somewhat disjointed, leaving too many gaps in the story line, including an unanticipated ending.
While I don’t want the story to end, I would like to see how the saga concludes and will now need to wait patiently for 2-3 years as the author grapples with the question of ‘what’s next’.
After all that Outlander has, and will remain one of my all time favorites. Thank you Diana and the wonderful team who support you.