Outlander (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780385302302)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The first book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.

One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS's The Great American Read!

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 Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages.

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.

Author: Diana Gabaldon
ISBN-10: 0385302304
ISBN-13: 9780385302302
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1991
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.21lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.36w x 1.60d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/1991
Publishers Weekly 05/31/1991
Entertainment Weekly 07/01/2011 pg. 79
People Weekly 08/13/2012 pg. 49
Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 55