| ISBN |
9780440212560 |
| Name |
Gabaldon, Diana author. |
| Title |
Outlander : a novel Diana Gabaldon. |
| Edition |
20th anniversary edition. |
| Published |
New York : Delacorte Press, 2011 |
| Description |
662 pages : 24 cm. + |
| Series |
Outlander ; 01 |
| Notes |
Published in Great Britain with title: Cross stitch. |
| Credits |
Music, Kevin Walsh ; lyrics, Mike Gibb ; words spoken by Diana Gabaldon. |
| Summary |
Absorbing and heartwarming, this first novel lavishly evokes the land and lore of Scotland, quickening both with realistic characters and a feisty, likable heroine. English nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall and husband Frank take a second honeymoon in the Scottish Highlands in 1945. When Claire walks through a cleft stone in an ancient henge, she's somehow transported to 1743. She encounters Frank's evil ancestor, British captain Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall, and is adopted by another clan. Claire nurses young soldier James Fraser, a gallant, merry redhead, and the two begin a romance, seeing each other through many perilous, swashbuckling adventures involving Black Jack. Scenes of the Highlanders' daily life blend poignant emotions with Scottish wit and humor. Eventually Sassenach (outlander) Claire finds a chance to return to 1945, and must choose between distant memories of Frnak and her happy, uncomplicated existence with Jamie. Claire's resourcefulness and intelligent sensitivity make the love-conquers-all, happily-ever-after ending seem a just reward. |
| Subjects |
Culloden (Scotland), Battle of, 1746 -- Fiction |
| Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Fiction |
| Time travel -- Fiction |
| Time travel -- Fiction |
| Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Fiction |
| Randall, Claire (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
| Fraser, Jamie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
| Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746 -- Fiction |
| Fantasy fiction. |
| Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction |
| Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction |
| Genre |
War stories |
| Alternative histories (Fiction) |
| Fantasy fiction |
| Love stories |
| Historical fiction. |
| Love stories |
| Historical fiction |
| Historical fiction. |
| Fantasy fiction. |
| Love stories |
| War stories |
| Alternative histories (Fiction) |
| Added Names |
Gabaldon, Diana Cross stitch. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
- Alternative histories (Fiction) .
- Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746 -- Fiction .
- Culloden (Scotland), Battle of, 1746 -- Fiction .
- Fantasy -- Fiction .
- Fraser, Jamie, -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction .
- Historical -- Fiction .
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Fiction .
- Love stories .
- Randall, Claire, -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction .
- Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction .
- Time travel -- Fiction .
- War stories .
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