#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.
One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read!
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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I loved the TV series, and the book is better!
This is an astonishing piece of writing that somehow manages to include every fiction genre into one well-crafted story!
One of the best historical novels. Love, time travel, medival, war and mystery. A great combination
The whole series is fascinating!
The whole series beginning with The Outlander is terrific.
Took me about 1/3 way in to get me really folliwing with interest in this book, but afterwards I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Most romantic book I have ever read. So very well written with wonderfully developed characters and expansive imagery. Started out a little slow but once you get into the meat of the storyline there is no stopping it. Flew from one book to another until I had devoured all of the very thick books in the series and beg for more. Diana Gabaldon, you …
Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series is the most intriguing I’ve ever read, and I’ve read them over and over again. Jamie Fraser is easily the supreme romantic hero! Her artistry for character development and plot twists inspired my own novel, The Bastard’s Blade.
All the Outlander books are absolutely fabulous.they are all so.romantic traveling through time love story that is eternally imprinted in my heart and soul…I think these books are already classical literature.The writing is deep and educational in the historical fiction it deals with. The love story between main characters Claire and Jamie is …
I loved learning some history of Scotland and how people lived in that century. I was especially interested in Clair’s healing abilities using the old methods of herbs and tinctures. I felt emersed in the time period and the characters were true to life. One of my favorite books to be revisited again and again.
I love this whole series. I have read Outlander several times. I fell in love with Jamie just like Clair. There is something about a man in a kilt.
The outlander series gives the reader a look at the Scotland of old and new. Lots of historical background and wonderful characters. Very informative and entertaining reading. I would highly recommend this series
Love, love ,love this series!
This is one of my ALL-Time favorite books. I love the characters and I have truly missed them since I have finished the entire series.
I have read this book several times and it speaks deeply to my soul. Every chapter comes alive around you and the characters feel like people you can reach out and touch. This series will change your life.
I have read this book 3 times and going for a 4th. So well written it is a joy to read. This is a must read.
Loved entire series!
I loved reading this series. It’s a wonderful combination of action, history and romance with some fantasy that keeps it interesting and thought provoking.
Claire travels through the standing stones and finds the hottest, most loyal Scot to match her intelligence and integrity and love. This is an amazing story. Elegant prose with steamy passion in a beautiful setting that is as haunting as the characters. Must read!
This is my fave book of the Outlander series. I am a fast reader and made myself slow to appreciate her writing and amazing vocabulary. Every word is carefully chosen, and the book will pull you into another world. Vivid characters, minutiae that turn out to be critical, and plot lines that form the most intricate web ever. This is a book you …