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Historical FantasyTime TravelHistorical Fiction

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

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  • 1992 first published
  • 1,200 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (11 ratings)
  • 25 editions
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Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes (1992) is a historical fantasy and time-travel fiction novel. The story is set in North Carolina, in the Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. Key subjects include time travel.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, and 104 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 25 editions.

At about 1,200 pages, most readers finish it in 22–23 hours.

About A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time.Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over -- and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest.With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence -- with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie's death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.From the Hardcover edition.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Fantasy fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Time travel
  • Romance
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Fraser, jamie
  • North carolina
  • Fraser, claire
  • Historical fantasy
  • United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783

Quick answers

Who wrote A Breath of Snow and Ashes?

A Breath of Snow and Ashes was written by Diana Gabaldon and first published in 1992.

What genre is A Breath of Snow and Ashes?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Time Travel and Historical Fiction.

How long is A Breath of Snow and Ashes?

The median edition has 1,200 pages, about 22–23 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Breath of Snow and Ashes?

Readers who like it often enjoy Servant of the Bones, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Sea Tales.

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