Die Berührung eines uralten Steins im schottischen Hochland versetzt die junge Claire Randall aus dem Jahr 1945 zurück ins Jahr 1743. Die Umgebung ist die gleiche geblieben, aber die Zeit ist unruhig, geprägt von Kampf, Rebellion, Verrat, Aberglauben und Hexenwahn. Claire, als Fremde beargwöhnt, gerät in tödliche Gefahr. Als Retter in der Not erscheint ihr der verwegene Clanführer mit dem feuerroten Haar, James Fraser. An seiner Seite besteht sie Abenteuer, erlebt Liebe und Leidenschaft.

Zusatztext Praise for Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels Marvelous and fantastic adventures! romance! sex . . . perfect escape reading. San Francisco Chronicle ! on Outlander History comes deliciously alive on the page. New York Daily News ! on Outlander Gabaldon is a born storyteller. . . . The pages practically turn themselves. The Arizona Republic ! on Dragonfly in Amber Triumphant . . . Her use of historical detail and a truly adult love story confirm Gabaldon as a superior writer. Publishers Weekly ! on Voyager Unforgettable characters . . . richly embroidered with historical detail. The Cincinnati Post ! on Drums of Autumn A grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart! weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries]. CNN ! on The Fiery Cross The large scope of the novel allows Gabaldon to do what she does best! paint in exquisite detail the lives of her characters. Booklist ! on A Breath of Snow and Ashes Features all the passion and swashbuckling that fans of this historical fantasy series have come to expect. People ! on Written in My Own Heart's Blood Informationen zum Autor Diana Gabaldon Klappentext #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original seriesseason 8 coming in March 2026! One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS's The Great American Read ! Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon's work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenachan outlanderin a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.Jamie made a fire in a sheltered spot, and sat down next to it. The rain had eased to a faint drizzle that misted the air and spangled my eyelashes with rainbows when I looked at the flames. He sat staring into the fire for a long time. Finally he looked up at me, hands clasped around his knees. "I said before that I'd not ask ye things ye had no wish to tell me. And I'd not ask ye now; but I must know, for your safety as well as mine." He paused, hesitating. "Claire, if you've never been honest wi' me, be so now, for I must know the truth. Claire, are ye a witch?" I gaped at him. "A witch? Youyou can really ask that?" I thought he must be joking. He wasn't. He took me by the shoulders and gripped me hard, staring into my eyes as though willing me to answer him. "I must ask it, Claire! And you must tell me!"

Praise for Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels
 
“Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle*,* on Outlander
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“History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News,* on Outlander
 
“Gabaldon is a born storyteller. . . . The pages practically turn themselves.”—The Arizona Republic*,* on Dragonfly in Amber
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“Triumphant . . . Her use of historical detail and a truly adult love story confirm Gabaldon as a superior writer.”—Publishers Weekly,* on Voyager
* 
“Unforgettable characters . . . richly embroidered with historical detail.”—The Cincinnati Post,* on Drums of Autumn
* 
“A grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries].”—CNN, on The Fiery Cross
 
“The large scope of the novel allows Gabaldon to do what she does best, paint in exquisite detail the lives of her characters.”—Booklist,* on A Breath of Snow and Ashes
* 
“Features all the passion and swashbuckling that fans of this historical fantasy series have come to expect.”—People,* on Written in My Own Heart’s Blood

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Diana Gabaldon

Klappentext

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series—season 8 coming in March 2026!

One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read!

Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages.

Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.

Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.

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Jamie made a fire in a sheltered spot, and sat down next to it. The rain had eased to a faint drizzle that misted the air and spangled my eyelashes with rainbows when I looked at the flames.

He sat staring into the fire for a long time. Finally he looked up at me, hands clasped around his knees.

"I said before that I'd not ask ye things ye had no wish to tell me. And I'd not ask ye now; but I must know, for your safety as well as mine." He paused, hesitating.

"Claire, if you've never been honest wi' me, be so now, for I must know the truth. Claire, are ye a witch?"

I gaped at him. "A witch? You—you can really ask that?" I thought he must be joking. He wasn't.

He took me by the shoulders and gripped me hard, staring into my eyes as though willing me to answer him.

"I must ask it, Claire! And you must tell me!"

"And if I were?" I asked through dry …