Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview… Jonathan Randall is a minor knight and a captain in the English army during the time of the Jacobite rebellion. He is well known among the Scots for being a sadistic commander and for using his authority to take goods and “services” from the local population. He is particularly intrigued by the appearance of one Claire Beauchamp in his patrol area, since she is very shifty about where she comes from. A spy, perhaps?
Personality… sadistic and controlling, Randall takes pleasure in exerting his influence for his own gain. He conceals his darker personality under the exterior of a charming British officer, which fools his higher-ups. People below him are rarely able to complain to anyone who could help them.
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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.
