Written by Diana Gabaldon - Performed by Geraldine James - Abridgement approved by author - 4 CASSETTES - 6 hours Publisher, Bantam Doubleday Day (1996) Outlander is the first audiobook in Gabaldon's romance trilogy (Outlander --> Dragonfly in Amber --> Voyager). Received the coveted "AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD" for exceptional narrative voice and style, vocal characterizations, appropriateness for audio format and enhancement of the text! "Absorbing and heartwarming...lavishly evokes the land and lore of Scotland." --Publishers Weekly "Stunning!" --Los Angeles Daily News "It is a large canvas that Gabaldon paints, filled with strong passions and derring-do. Strong willed and sensual, Claire is an engaging modern heroine plopped down in a simpler, more primitive time.... Great fun ...marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex...perfect escape reading!" --San Francisco Chronicle "Travel to the eighteenth century to the breathtaking Scottish Highlands and share romantic, swashbuckling adventures with Claire Randall, Jamie Fraser and the Clan MacKenzie. Claire is on her second honeymoon when she's transported to 1743 by a magical ring of stones. Will she be taken for a witch? Geraldine James brings the story to life with excellent characterizations of men and women. Scottish and British accents are charged with the energy and excitement of the times. The listener is mesmerized, living Claire's loves, adventures and dreams until the end of the tale." --M.B.K. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner, ŠAudioFile, Portland, Maine |
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