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Dragonfly in amber / Diana Gabaldon.
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....
Record details
- ISBN: 0440215625 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0770428770 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 947 pages ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Seal Books, 2001, c1992.
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| Subject: | Time travel > Fiction. Women physicians > Fiction. Scotland > Fiction. Highlands (Scotland) > History > 18th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Love stories. Historical fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Popular reads. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Hudson's Hope Public Library | FIC APB GAB (Text) | BHH046874 | Adult Paperbacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
As Claire Randall returns back in time to the Scottish Highlands of the 1700s, listeners learn what she really knows about the rim of standing stones on nearby Craigh na Dun, as well as the identity of the father of her beautiful, copper-haired daughter, Brianna. Reissue. - Baker & Taylor
In eighteenth-century Scotland, Claire Randall and her raven-haired daughter, Brianna, return to the majestic hills where Claire recalls the love of her life--gallant warrior James Fraser - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The second book in Diana Gabaldonâs acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.
âA triumph! A powerful tale layered in history and myth. I loved every page.ââNora Roberts
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With her classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable charactersâClaire Randall and Jamie Fraserâdelighting 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 sequel to Outlander.
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For twenty years, Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the mysteries of Scotlandâs mist-shrouded Highlands. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as shocking as the events that gave it birth: the secret of an ancient circle of standing stones, the secret of a love that transcends centuries, and the truth of a man named Jamie Fraserâa Highland warrior whose gallantry once drew the young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his.
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Claireâs spellbinding journey continues through the intrigue-ridden French court and the menace of Jacobite plots, to the Highlands of Scotland, through war and death in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves.
