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Outlander
written by Diana Gabaldon
Studio : Delta
by Delta
Release Date : 1998-08-10
Publisher : Delta
Released : 1998-08-10
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780385319959
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 1329 reviews)
List Price : $15.00
Our Price : $7.50
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In Outlander, a 600-page time-travel romance, strong-willed and sensual Claire Randall leads a double life with a husband in one century, and a lover in another. Torn between fidelity and desire, she struggles to understand the pure intent of her heart. But don't let the number of pages and the Scottish dialect scare you. It's one of the fastest reads you'll have in your library. While on her second honeymoon in the British Isles, Claire touches a boulder that hurls her back in time to the forbidden Castle Leoch with the MacKenzie clan. Not understanding the forces that brought her there, she becomes ensnared in life-threatening situations with a Scots warrior named James Fraser. But it isn't all spies and drudgery that she must endure. For amid her new surroundings and the terrors she faces, she is lured into love and passion like she's never known before. I was lame and sore in every muscle when I woke next morning. I shuffled to the privy closet, then to the wash basin. My innards felt like churned butter. It felt as though I had been beaten with a blunt object, I reflected, then thought that that was very near the truth. The blunt object in question was visible as I came back to bed, looking now relatively harmless. Its possessor [Jamie] woke as I sat next to him, and examined me with something that looked very much like male smugness." Gabaldon creates characters that you'll remember, laugh with, cry with, and cheer for long after you've finished the book. --Candy Paape |
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Product 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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Download Description |
Diana Gabaldon holds a master's degree in marine biology and a Ph.D. in ecology, and spent a dozen years as a university professor before turning to write fiction full-time. Her previous publishing history includes scholarly articles and comic book stories for Walt Disney, as well as the award-winning novels Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband, three children, and a large number of animals.
From the Paperback edition. |
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Simply the best! |
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These novels are addictive. I have read this whole series several times, and eagerly await the release of the next every time I finish the last! |
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Escapism at its best. |
I've not read a book with an ending so satisfying and complete, yet incomplete at the same time. When I finished Outlander I immediately started Dragonfly in Amber. And I am very glad I did. I don't know that I'll be able to do all six books, but I may give it shot.
Life will have to go on without Jamie and Clair at some point though. They are by far the most endearing couple I've ever had the pleasure of discovering. I will miss them very much. |
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Swashbuckling Fun |
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I recently purchased "Outlander" after having read it previously. I bought two copies and gave one to a friend. It is a swashbuckling adventure of epic scale. Diana Gabaldon is a master at transporting her readers into a world of dashing heroes and heroines and diabolical villans. Added in is a mixture of greed, power, scorcery, romance, sex and time travel all set within an historical backdrop in Scotland. The "Outlander" series will keep the reader totally entertained and enthalled as well. |
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A good but different book |
I was leery at first about this book after I read some of the reviews.I have now read it and I really enjoyed it. I am a plain guy, married 30 years and enjoy science fiction.
This book had a lot going for it. I think both men and women will like it. I am going to get the second book as soon as possible! |
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Great book! |
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My wife was missing this one volume to this collection. Got it for her birthday & she absolutely loves it & now she's got the full collection too! |
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