Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2)

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Diana Gabaldon

Publisher

Dell Publishing Company

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Science Fantasy

Age Range

16+

Release Date

July 01, 1992

ISBN

0385335970

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With her now-classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters — Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful follow-up to Outlander.... 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....

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....

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Claire Randall has returned to the twentieth century and raised her daughter Brianna to womanhood. Brianna believes she is the daughter of Claire's twentieth century husband, Frank, though she was, in fact, fathered by the man Claire married when she travelled back in time to the 1740s- Jamie Fraser. Brianna never knew Jamie, and Claire knows that she idolizes the man she considers her father, but she wants Brianna to know the truth of her heritage, so she brings her to Scotland with the intent of telling her everything, though this turns out to be more painful than Claire could have imagined.

I read my first Diana Gabaldon book by chance. It was in the middle of the series (I think it was Drums of Autumn, but I'm not sure) and I picked it up because it looked good, which it was, but I was a little lost because it didn't exactly stand alone. About a year later, I decided to go back and read the others.

Diana Gabaldon's books are often marketed as romance, but they tended tend to be more appreciated by people, like me, who love history- reading them is like walking through a perfect museum.

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