An excerpt from The Fiery Cross, book five of the Outlander series from Diana Gabaldon: Rumors had flown round us like autumn leaves in a gale, all the way from Frasers Ridge. The Regulators had ten thousand men, who were marching in a body upon New Bern. General Gage was sailing from New York with a regiment of official troops to subdue the Colony. The Orange County militia had rioted and killed their officers. Half the Wake County men had deserted. Hermon Husband had been arrested and spirited onto a ship, to be taken to London for trial on charges of treason. Hillsborough had been taken by the Regulators, who were preparing to fire the town and put Edmund Fanning and all his associates to the sword. #Outlander #NC
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:32:50 +0000