Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18762 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

Synopsis
The creator of the Outlander series gives fans the skinny on her epic saga of time travel, adventure, and love everlasting, offering a complete listing of the characters and their genealogy; a glossary of Gaelic terms; and more. Tour.

Customer Reviews

Essential for the die-hard fan
If you, like me have been entranced by Diana Gabaldon's Outlander/Cross Stitch series of novels, then you will want this book to fill in all those unanswered questions that have popped into your head while reading (...what did that Gaelic phrase mean? Who was that character from book 2 that you'd forgotten about? Exactly what did Claire's wedding ring look like?). However, be careful because there's a chapter containing synopses of the first 4 books. If, like me you are tempted to buy this book before you've read the whole series and don't want your future reading spoiled - be warned!!
I was fascinated by the descriptions by the author on how she got her inspiration for many of the ideas and characters in the series, and the Gaelic language bit was good fun and interesting stuff! It's the sort of book you'll want to dip in and out of rather than read straight through. The minus points are the rather frustrating index of foreign phrases and list of "dramatis personae" which are not in alphabetical order (grrr!)and the rather pointless astrological charts which some might find fascinating, but come on - these are fictional characters, not real people!
To sum up - buy it if you must, but much of the information within is easily obtainable on the Internet, so I'd advise you to save your money for the next instalment of the series instead.

Ignore the complainers - it's great!
I just don't understand the couple of uncomplimentary reviews I've seen of this book here.

It does exactly what you would expect a 'companion' to do, and much more besides. All except the most obscure questions will find an answer here - and some pretty obscure questions *are* addressed too.

The book is beautifully produced, full of atmospheric illustrations - and best of all, the charming, humorous personality of the author shines through almost every page.

Quite simply, if you're a fan of DG's work, you gotta get this book.

I love this book already!
After just a few hours with the Companion, I love it. It provides a great view into the person who created Claire and Jamie and their world. I want to meet this lady! She must be part Scottish somewhere or she wouldn't understand the humor so well!