Book 10 title!
Big news for OUTLANDER fans today!! Diana Gabaldon announced that the title of Book 10 of the OUTLANDER series will be: A BLESSING FOR A WARRIOR GO... Read more
Happy Birthday, Jamie Fraser!
Wishing a very happy birthday to our favorite red-heided Scot, James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser, who turns 304 years old on Thursday, believe... Read more
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Re-reading BEES (Part 6)
Here's Part 6 of my series of posts about things I've discovered on re-listening to Diana Gabaldon's GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE, Boo... Read more
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New editions of the OUTLANDER audiobooks!
A new unabridged audiobook edition of OUTLANDER , narrated by Kristin Atherton (who played the older Jenny in OUTLANDER Season 7) will be coming out ... Read more
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Happy Birthday, Mandy!
Wishing a very happy birthday to Amanda Claire Hope MacKenzie, aka Mandy, who was born on April 21, 1776. That would make her 249 years old, which is... Read more
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BLOOD OF MY BLOOD premieres August 8!
STARZ announced today that the prequel TV series, OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD, will premiere on Friday, August 8, 2025 ! The official press release... Read more
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Remembering the Battle of Culloden
Today is the 279th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden, which took place on April 16, 1746. I like this video very much. (The song is "The Gho... Read more
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Documentary about Revolutionary War weapons
I've always been fascinated by the many different types of 18th-century weapons mentioned in the OUTLANDER books, so I was delighted to discover... Read more
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Episode Recaps
Re-reading BEES
Notable Dates This Month
May 1, 1721 - Jamie is born (OUTLANDISH COMPANION)
May, 1744 - Fergus is branded by Jack Randall; Jamie duels with Randall, wounding him in the groin; Claire miscarries Faith and nearly dies from childbed fever (DRAGONFLY)
May 16, 1753 - Jamie arrives at Ardsmuir prison (VOYAGER)
May, 1757 - Geneva Dunsany blackmails Jamie into sleeping with her (VOYAGER)
May, 1758 - Lord John surprises Percy and Lieutenant Weber in a very compromising situation (BOTB)
May, 1770 - Jemmy is born (DRUMS)
May, 1771 - Roger is hanged and nearly dies (FIERY CROSS)
May, 1775 - Malva Christie falsely accuses Jamie of getting her pregnant (ABOSAA)
May 3, 1777 - Jamie dreams of Jem and Mandy in the broch (ECHO)
Mid-May, 1777 - Jamie, Claire, and Young Ian encounter pirates on the high seas (ECHO)
May, 1778 - Jamie is presumed dead in a shipwreck; Lord John marries Claire to keep her from arrest as a spy; Lord John and Claire have sex (ECHO)
May 18, 1778 - Claire and Lord John attend the Mischianza (ECHO)
May 1, 1945 - Claire travels back in time to the 18th century (OUTLANDER)
May, 1948 - Newspaper accounts and Rev. Wakefield's journal document Claire's return from the 18th century (DRAGONFLY)
May 1, 1968 - Gillian Edgars (aka Geillis Duncan) kills her husband at Craigh na Dun and travels back in time to the 18th century (DRAGONFLY)
May 1, 1971 - Brianna goes back in time to the 18th century (DRUMS)
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