Author: Diana Gabaldon
Narrator: Davina Porter
Publisher: Recorded Books
Publication Date: October 2006
Genre: Historical Romance / Time Travel Romance
Buy the Book: Amazon | BN | Audible
Description: From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ...and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ....
Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ...in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ...and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves....
My Thoughts: This is a reread for me and I loved it as much now as I did then. I fell far behind on the series and now with nine books in this series and the passage of time, I decided to start over to reacquaint myself with all of the characters and events before I proceeded further. I paired the reading of the massive book with the audio format narrated by Davina Porter which made the experience more enjoyable for me. I am also like many people that I now visualize Claire, Jamie and the other characters in my mind as the actors who portray them on the television series.
Approximately twenty years have passed since Claire returned to the present, literally barefoot and pregnant. Her child is grown and Claire has become a doctor in Boston. After Frank’s death, Claire has decided to bring her daughter to Scotland where she means to tell her the truth, all of it. This story centers on the events in Claire’s life when she and Jamie decide to try to stop the Jacobite Uprising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. This story follows them from Scotland to Paris and back to Scotland again as the date of the Battle of Culloden draws closer.
The author continues to amaze me with her attention to historical detail, creating an environment of both fictional and non-fictional characters while combining action, adventure, romance, humor and heartbreak together. Knowing what was going to happen didn’t diminish my enjoyment of the story. The rich detail and research that goes into the story and the character development draws the reader into the story so completely, I began to question whether I still want to travel to Inverness to find and touch the stones as I did when I first began reading this series over thirty years ago.
My Final Verdict: Whether you choose to read this book, listen to it or both, this story will stay with you long after the last page is turned. I highly recommend this book and the rest of the series to readers of historical fiction, historical romance and time travel.
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