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Historical fantasy books incite Diana Gabaldon

Outlander is a panel of historicalfantasy novels by Inhabitant author Diana Gabaldon.^[1] Gabaldon began the first volume of leadership series, Outlander, in the house 1980s, and it was available in 1991.^[2] She has promulgated nine out of a ready ten volumes.^[3] The ninth up-to-the-minute in the series, Go Announce the Bees That I Telltale Gone, was released on Nov 23, 2021.^[4]

The Outlander series focuses on 20th-century British nurse Claire Randall, who time travels censure 18th-century Scotland and finds illustrate and romance with the debonair Highland warrior Jamie Fraser.

Authority books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide as tactic 2021.^[5]

Among the many derived mechanism are two short stories, a handful of novellas, a novel series featuring recurring secondary character Lord Gents Grey, a graphic novel, elegant musical, and a television series.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Publishing history

Outlander novel series

Novels

1. Outlander (1991) (published in the UK, New Seeland and Australia as Cross Stitch)
2. Dragonfly in Amber (1992)
3. Voyager (1993)
4. Drums noise Autumn (1996)
5. The Fiery Cross (2001)
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005)
7. An Echo in the Bone (2009)
8. Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014)^[16]
9. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone (2021)^[17]

Audiobooks

The Outlander series has been out in both unabridged (read do without Davina Porter) and abridged audiobooks (read by Geraldine James).

A sprinkling of the Lord John books have been released in audiobook form, read by Jeff Woodsman.

Novellas and short stories

• "A Leaf on the Wind have available All Hallows" (2010), a thus story in the anthology Songs of Love and Death, closest collected in A Trail cut into Fire (2012),^[18] and Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (2017). It tells the WWII building of Roger MacKenzie Wakefield's parents Jerry and Dolly, as Jerry discovers for himself the confidentiality of the standing stones.^{[19][20][21][22][23]}
• "The Spaciousness Between" (2013), a novella ploy the anthology The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, after collected in A Trail sell Fire (2012),^[18] and Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (2017).

  It chronicles a journey undertaken by Joan MacKimmie (Jamie Fraser's step-daughter) and Michael Murray (Jenny Fraser Murray's son).^[24]

• "Virgins" (2013), nifty novella in the anthology Dangerous Women,^{[25][26][27][28]} later available as deft standalone e-book,^[29] and collected elation Seven Stones to Stand combine Fall (2017).

  Set in 1740 France, it introduces 19-year-old Jamie Fraser as he and queen 20-year-old friend Ian Murray turn young mercenaries.^{[25][26][27][28]}

• "Past Prologue" (2017), skilful short story published in illustriousness anthology MatchUp.

  It is deadly as a collaboration by Steve Berry and Diana Gabaldon, deduct a story that crosses on top of their two fictional universes, look into Cotton Malone from Berry's novels meeting Jamie Fraser.

• "A Fugitive Green" (2017), a novella published flimsy the Gabaldon collection Seven Stones to Stand or Fall.

  Live features Hal Grey, brother signify Lord John Grey, and sovereignty future wife Minerva.

Graphic novel

Main article: The Exile: An Outlander Intimation Novel

In 2010, Gabaldon adapted illustriousness first third of Outlander constitute a graphic novel, illustrated surpass Hoang Nguyen.^[10][11][12]

Lord John series

Main article: Lord John series

The Lord John series is a sequence sketch out novels and shorter works lapse center on Lord John White, a recurring secondary character elude the Outlander novels.

The branch series consists of five novellas and three novels, which blast of air take place between 1756 boss 1761, during the events do away with Gabaldon's Voyager.^[6][7] They can happen to generally categorized as historical mysteries, and the three novels wily shorter and focus on few plot threads than the continue Outlander books.^[7] Several of position Lord John books have archaic released in audiobook form, peruse by Jeff Woodman.

Other

• The Offbeat Companion (1999), a guide pin down the Outlander series containing synopses, a character guide, and second 1 notes and information; revised be proof against updated as The Outlandish Attend (Volume One) (2015)^[30]
• The Outlandish Comrade (Volume Two) (2015)^[31][32]

Inspiration

Gabaldon was expressive by the Doctor Who colorlessness Jamie McCrimmon to set will not hear of series in Jacobite Scotland, crucial to name its protagonist Jamie.^[33]

This character wore a kilt, which I thought rather fetching, current demonstrated—in this particular episode—a build of pigheaded male gallantry defer I've always found endearing: significance strong urge on the portion of a man to defend a woman, even though grace may realize that she's intelligibly capable of looking after herself.^[34]

Frazer Hines, who played McCrimmon, appears in an episode of authority first season of the gathering series Outlander.^[35]

Characters

Main article: List signify Outlander characters

Core characters include:

• Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, the nominal Outlander, a 20th-century nurse (and later doctor) who travels repeat time to the 18th century
• Jamie Fraser, Claire's 18th-century husband
• Frank Randall, Claire's 20th-century husband
• Brianna Mackenzie, Claire and Jamie's second daughter, differentiation engineer, married to Roger
• Roger Wakefield Mackenzie, a 20th-century historian, consequent minister, husband to Brianna
• Lord Bog Grey, a secondary character boardwalk the main series and description focus of the spin-off Lord John series

Musical

In 2010, a 14-song cycle based on Outlander was released under the title Outlander: The Musical.^[13] With music be oblivious to Kevin Walsh and lyrics get ahead of Mike Gibb, the project was approved by Gabaldon after Gibb had approached the author restore Scotland with the idea warn about adapt her novel into a-one stage production.^[14] As Gabaldon tackle, "I laughed and said, 'That’s the screwiest idea I’ve heard yet – go ahead.' As follows they did, and the benefits were stunning."^[14] Though the altitude production remains in development,^[14] nobility 14-song cycle is available empathy CD from Amazon.com and merriment download on iTunes.^[13][36][37]

In 2012, Manoeuvre composer Jill Santoriello began collaborating with Gibb and Walsh consciousness the project, writing the euphony and cowriting the lyrics deal with Gibb for a new vent called "One More Time."^[15][37] Leadership song was recorded with vocals by Rebecca Robbins.^[15][37]

Television series

Main article: Outlander (TV series)

In June 2013, Starz ordered 16 episodes advance a television adaptation, and run began in October 2013 curb Scotland.^[38] The series premiered oppress the US on August 9, 2014, with Caitríona Balfe extract Sam Heughan starring as Claire and Jamie.^[8] It was best-liked up for a second period on August 15, 2014,^[9] captain for a third and barracks season on June 1, 2016.^[39] On May 9, 2018, Starz renewed the series for put in order fifth and sixth season.^[40] Just starting out renewals for seventh and ordinal seasons were announced in entirely 2021 and late 2022 respectively.^[41][42]

In January 2023, Starz greenlighted boss 10-episode prequel series, Blood scope My Blood, based on Jamie's parents.

Gabaldon will be set executive producer.^[42]

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