Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview… Frank and his wife Claire met on an archeological dig, and were married shortly after. Unfortunately, the beginning of the Second World War separated Frank from both his wife and his work as a historian. Now at the end of the war, he and Claire have finally reunited, and are going on a second honeymoon to rekindle their romance. But the tales of magic in the Highlands might be a little more real than he anticipated, and Frank may not be prepared for what they find in Scotland.
Personality… bookish, but caring. Frank can get very absorbed in his work, often going on long rambles about some small tidbit in history. But he is affectionate and warm towards Claire… once he puts down a book. He does tend toward secrecy, though, especially when it comes to his work during the war years.
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Outlander is the story of Claire Randall, who accidentally activated some magical standing stones in the Scottish Highlands and found herself transported back to the 18th century, just before the Jacobite rebellion. She is married to Frank Randall, but he is back in the 20th century. Although Claire is trying to get back to him, she can't help growing attached to a young Scotsman named Jamie.
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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.
