#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES 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 … 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.
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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.
This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content:
• An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series
• An interview with Diana Gabaldon
• An Outlander reader’s guide
Praise for Outlander
“Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News
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Yum! I want to go back!
This series is absolutely fascinating! There’s a lot of history included that comes to life under Diana Gabaldon’s gifted pen. But, it’s also a romance involving time travel with mysteries and thrillers galore! The characters come to life and entertain quite nicely!!
The books are much better than the series, but both are fantastic. A love story for the ages.
Love, love, love this one…
I have read Outlander over and over. Love the characters and the story.
The very best book series since Harry Potter-for me. Diana Gabaldon keeps the story moving in unexpected ways… Can’t wait for the next book!
This is my favorite book ever written!
Great character development. Grabs reader with mixed bag of emotions. Fascinating descriptions of people, places, history! Loved the book!
Well-written, historical interest, too much explicit sex, perils-of-pauline, but, I finished it.
FANTASTIC. What more is there to say?
Loved the characters and storyline. Had to get the other books in this series. I just didn’t want the story to end.
Loved this first book of a series. Now watching the film version on Starz
I would recommend this book as it was very hard to put down. The plot and characters were great. The author did wonderful research as to the time periods that took place. I plan to read the other books in this series.
This is one of the best books I have ever read!
I never thought that I would ever enjoy a book with time travel. This turned out to be one of my favorite novels ever. It is also a great hook into the other books in the series. I loved them all. Can not recommend highly enough.
Not enough stars to rate this book I’ve read all of the series4 times
Read over and over before being pleasantly thrilled to see STARZ make it a movie
A great story, with a touch of a history lesson
This has been one of my favorite books for years and still the best of the series. Breathless romance, description that lingers in the mind, characters that make you wish you were them.
Reading Diana Gabaldon’s books is a total immersion in a fantastical story of the lives of her characters.