#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.
One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read!
Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages.
Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.
My opinion was improved by the series, it's still not my favourite series but now I am curious to see what happens next.
Claire Randall is on a second honeymoon in Scotland while she and her husband reconnect after being parted by the war when Claire is flung back in time by a encounter with a stone circle, she's in Scotland in 1743 and things are a lot different. She has to deal with a different time and a different set of demands on her, there's added complications when she starts falling for one of the highlanders, can she return to her own time or will she stay where she is? Is it really adultery when your first husband isn't even alive yet?
Not bad but I felt some parts went on for a bit long and other parts felt rushed. The TV show did a good job of translating the book to screen.
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