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Free [epub]$$ The Outlandish Companion (Revised and Updated): Companion to Outlander,Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn PdfFree [epub]$$ TheOutlandishCompanion (Revisedand Updated):Companion toOutlander, Dragonflyin Amber, Voyager,and Drums of AutumnPdfDescriptionDiana Gabaldon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Outlandernovelsâ€”Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breathof Snow and Ashes (for which she won a Quill Award and the Corine International Book Prize), AnEcho in the Bone, and Written in My Own Heartâ€s Bloodâ€”as well as the related Lord JohnGrey books Lord John and the Private Matter, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, LordJohn and the Hand of Devils, and The Scottish Prisoner; one work of nonfiction, The OutlandishCompanion; and the Outlander graphic novel The Exile. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with herhusband. Read more Excerpt. Â© Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. OUTLANDER ÂTâ€S 1946, the Scottish Highlands are in bloom, and Claire Randall, an English ex-army combatnurse, has come to Scotland on a second honeymoon with her husband, Frank, from whomsheâ€s been separated by the war. Â While she doesnâ€t share Frankâ€s passion forgenealogy, sheâ€s looking forward to starting the next branch on the family tree. Meanwhile,she occupies her spare time in exploring the countryside, pursuing an interest in botany. On onesuch expedition, she discovers an ancient circle of standing stonesâ€”made the more interestingby Frankâ€s having heard that the circle is still in use by a local group of women who celebratethe â€œold waysâ€• there. Â In the dawn of the ancient Feast of Beltaneâ€”May 1â€”Claire andFrank creep up to the circle, to see the women dancing and chanting, calling down the sun. Thecouple steal away unseen, but later Claire returns to the circle to get a closer look at an unusualplant sheâ€s seen growing there. Â She touches one of the standing stones and is envelopedin a sudden vortex of noise and confusion. Disoriented and half-conscious, she finds herself on thehill outside the circle, and slowly makes her way downâ€”to find what she assumes is a film shootin progress at the bottom; a prince-in-the-heather epic, with kilted Scotsmen being pursued by redcoatedBritish soldiers. Â Claire carefully skirts the scene, so as not to ruin the shot, and makingher way through the woods stumbles into a man in the costume of an eighteenth-century Englisharmy officer. This doesnâ€t disturb her nearly as much as does the manâ€s strikingresemblance to her husband, Frank. Â The resemblance is quickly explained; the man is in factFrankâ€s ancestor, the notorious â€œBlack Jackâ€• Randall, of whom Frank had often told her.
While very similar in appearance, however, Jack Randall unfortunately does not share hisdescendantâ€s personalityâ€”the former-day Randall being a sadistic bisexual pervert ratherthan a mild-mannered history professor. Â Claire is rescued from Black Jackâ€s clutches byone of the Scotsmen she had seen earlier, who takes her to the cottage where his fellows arehiding, waiting for darkness to escape. One of the men has been wound
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