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Outlander (Outlander, Bk 1)
Author: Diana Gabaldon

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Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 74

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ISBN-13: 9780385302302 - ISBN-10: 0385302304
Publication Date: 6/1/1991
Pages: 640

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Book Description:

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 millions of readers.

Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages...

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is 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 stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach -- an "outlander" -- in a Scotland torn by war and raiding Highland clans in the year of Our Lord... 1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into intrigues and dangers that may threaten her life... and shatter her heart. For here she meets James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, and becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire... and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

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Tags1st in Series, Outlander series, Scotland, Time Travel

Genres:

Romance >> Time Travel

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Angela D. (Angie1972) wrote on 6/18/2005...

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I have to say that Ms. Gabaldon wrote the heck out of this book. I swear I couldn't put it down. Jamie and Claire are the epitome of Hero and heroine of historical romance. I laughed, I cried, I scoffed at the audacity of the bad man and then I cried some more. This is a must read for any lover of not just historical, but of romance in general. And then you must read the sequals!!

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Bonnie W. (creditfairy) wrote on 10/14/2008...

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, given the Harlequin romance novel premise. (I had to take other reviewers words that this was in fact a quality book) It's quite well written...the characters are complex and believable. The story is far fetched but fascinating. Some of the exchanges between characters are quite amusing, if not laugh out loud funny. The content of this book ranges from hilarious to downright disturbing. Clever segues and surprisingly few plotholes for such a complex story. The author has a gift, there's no doubt about it. I think my main complaint would have to be the enormous amount of sex in this book. I'm a prude by no stretch of the imagination (perv by nature, actually)....but my idea of love and romance does not focus on sex so completely. I lost count of how many times the heroine was saved from a savage rape in progress...or how many times Jamie stroked Claire's breasts whimpering Holy Gods and going down on her. I'm all about a few well placed sex scenes, but there were sooo many of them they seemed more deserving of a place in some above mentioned Harlequin romance smut than in cheapening this otherwise engaging novel. It's not going to stop me from picking up the second book in the series though, as overall it's quite an impressive read.