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Feb 11, 2011Deirdre rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This racy, extremely well written love story, set mainly in 18th-century Scotland, effectively combines a romantic potboiler with magical fantasy and time travel. Author Diana Gabaldon provides effective glimpses into the ancient lives and folk ways of the Scottish highlanders, along with the many attractive (and not-so-attractive) qualities of Scottish men. Perhaps even more remarkable than her vivid love scenes are her excruciating scenarios involving physical torture. The voice of Geraldine James helps heighten the effect of Gabaldon’s scintillating prose.