Outlander: 20th Anniversary Collector's Signed First Edition

Diana Gabaldon

ISBN 10: 0440423201 / ISBN 13: 9780440423201

Published by Delacorte Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2011

About this Item

A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. Reddish padded illustrated boards, sewn in marker. This copy has some very minor board edge wear, several.5 prox.pages that have a light edge crimp. This copy has been inscribed by Diana on the title page. Also signed by Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Walters, Graham McTavish, Cesar Domboy, Catriona Balfe and two others at various places in the front and rear of the book. All inscriptions are to Alyssa. My best guess is that a boyfriend or husband probably caught up to the cast, possibly at a fantasy con and collected the signatures as a gift for the afore named Alyssa. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. The CD that was issued with the book is present and accounted for and has never been removed for the book. Seller Inventory # 042280

Bibliographic Details

Title: Outlander: 20th Anniversary Collector's ...

Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None,As Issued

Signed: Signed Copy

Edition: First Edition/First Printing.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES

Twenty years ago, Diana Gabaldon swept readers into her mesmerizing world brimming with history, romance, and adventure. In celebration of the series that has captured the heart of millions, here is a special 20th anniversary edition of the novel that started it all—including a new essay, a new map, a CD with Outlander the musical, and more.
 
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former 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 border clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
 
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
 
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

Review:

In Outlander, a 600-page time-travel romance, strong-willed and sensual Claire Randall leads a double life with a husband in one century, and a lover in another. Torn between fidelity and desire, she struggles to understand the pure intent of her heart. But don't let the number of pages and the Scottish dialect scare you. It's one of the fastest reads you'll have in your library.

While on her second honeymoon in the British Isles, Claire touches a boulder that hurls her back in time to the forbidden Castle Leoch with the MacKenzie clan. Not understanding the forces that brought her there, she becomes ensnared in life-threatening situations with a Scots warrior named James Fraser. But it isn't all spies and drudgery that she must endure. For amid her new surroundings and the terrors she faces, she is lured into love and passion like she's never known before.

I was lame and sore in every muscle when I woke next morning. I shuffled to the privy closet, then to the wash basin. My innards felt like churned butter. It felt as though I had been beaten with a blunt object, I reflected, then thought that that was very near the truth. The blunt object in question was visible as I came back to bed, looking now relatively harmless. Its possessor [Jamie] woke as I sat next to him, and examined me with something that looked very much like male smugness."

Gabaldon creates characters that you'll remember, laugh with, cry with, and cheer for long after you've finished the book. --Candy Paape