SIGNED and dated on the title page in the year of publication. Gabaldon decided to have 'an Englishwoman to play-off all these kilted Scotsmen,' but her female character 'took over the story and began telling it herself, making smart-ass modern remarks about everything.' ' (from Wikipeda).Ĭondition: Good+. Gabaldon happened to see a rerun episode of the Doctor Who science fiction TV series titled 'The War Games.' One of the Doctor's companions was a Scot from around 1745, a young man about 17 years old named Jamie McCrimmon, who provided the initial inspiration for her main male character, James Fraser, and for her novel's mid-18th century Scotland setting. As a research professor, she decided that a historical novel would be easiest to research and write, but she had no background in history and initially no particular time period in mind. 'In 1988, Gabaldon decided to write a novel for 'practice, just to learn how', and with no intention to show it to anyone.

The reverse of the dust jacket has some discoloration displaced from the rear book cover. The dust jacket has one small nick with rubbing to the top rear corner. The bottom edge of the rear board has a strip of very light fading / discoloration. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can reunite or forever doom her timeless love.'. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion and pain awaiting her.the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her.and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden.

Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. 'From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues.Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Outlander # 3 6.4 X 1.75 X 9.5 inches 870 pages Third volume in the 'Outlander' series. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Illustrated by Kanuko Craft jacket art (illustrator).

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon