Cross stitch

London : Arrow , 1994

864 s.

Engelsk tekst. - Også utgitt med tittel: Cross stitch. - h.. - #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 Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. OUTLANDER 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. - 1946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It's a second honeymoon, a chance to learn how war has changed them and to re-establish their loving marriage. But one afternoon, Claire walks through a circle of standing stones and vanishes into 1743, where the first person she meets is a British army officer - her husband's six-times great-grandfather. Unfortunately, Black Jack Randall is not the man his descendant is, and while trying to escape him, Claire falls into the hands of a gang of Scottish outlaws, and finds herself a Sassenach - an outlander - in danger from both Jacobites and Redcoats. Marooned amid danger, passion and violence, 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. (Previously published as Cross Stitch). - Dette er første bind i serien "Outlander". Det er fredsåret 1945, og ekteparet Claire og Frank Randall er på ferie i Skottland. Mens Frank forsker i sine skotske aner, streifer Claire om i høylandet og kommer over en ring av stenstøtter. Idet hun trer inn i ringen blir hun slynget inn i en annen tid - og havner midt i et blodig slag mellom kiltkledde skotter og engelske rødjakker i året 1743! I en ukjent verden full av farer og intriger finner hun støtte i den unge, fredløse James Fraser, som blir hennes trofaste beskytter og følgesvenn. Claire føler seg snart revet mellom to menn og to liv. Finnes det noen vei tilbake, eller er hun låst i fortiden for alltid? Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.

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Skottland . - Storbritannia . - Storbritannia - Skottland : (NO-OsBA)1162632

813.54 . - 813.6 . - 82

978-1-784-75137-1