LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER

A Delacorte Book / October 2003

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2003 by Diana Gabaldon

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Gabaldon, Diana.

Lord John and the private matter / Diana Gabaldon.

p. cm.

1. London (England)—History—18th century—Fiction.
I. Title.

PS3557.A22L67 2003

813'.54—dc21                  2003046276

Published simultaneously in Canada

eISBN: 978-0-440-33452-1

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