Book Recommendation
Outlander Series
by Diana Gabaldon
About the book:
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.
I have read a countless amount of novels throughout my life and am a highly qualified book nerd; with that being said I can recommend this series as my favorite one to date. This is a compelling story that was hard to put down. It’s incredibly well written and the historical aspects are fascinating. Diana Gabaldon has written a rich and captivating story.
Words from the author:
“In essence, these novels are Big, Fat, Historical Fiction, à la James Clavell and James Michener. However, owing to the fact that I wrote the first book for practice, didn’t intend to show it to anyone, and therefore saw no reason to limit myself, they include…
history, warfare, medicine, sex, violence, spirituality, honor, betrayal, vengeance, hope and despair, relationships, the building and destruction of families and societies, time travel, moral ambiguity, swords, herbs, horses, gambling (with cards, dice, and lives), voyages of daring, journeys of both body and soul…” – Diana Gabaldon
My mind has been fully living in this story for the past two years and I must say, its been quite an adventure.
Now, if you are not willingly to commit yourself to such a grand number of pages(which you really should be), they are making a TV series of it on STARZ. Beginning August 9th, watch it and fall back into time, you won’t be sorry.
Savannah Strays 