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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.
Genre: historical romance/time travel
Publication date: October 2004 (for the current Kindle version)
Mature content: yes
Review: For a long, long time, I hesitated about reading this book. Knowing at least part of the story and given all the fame of the TV series, somehow I feared I might be disappointed when going through the story in written format. I was wrong.
Even if Outlander is a fairly large book - the Kindle version I read is over 600 pages long - it's worth every single one of those pages.
I won't dwell on the story because virtually everyone has more or less an idea of it, but I very much recommend the book.
Have a wonderful week, and happy readings!
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