History Homages and the Highlands An Outlander Guide by Valerie Estelle Frankel

History Homages and the Highlands An Outlander Guide Reviews

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  Berita

  This was not as good as I hoped it would be. One o the biggest annoyances throughout the entire book, was that the author named Jamie for "Jaime" at almost every turn. It was just a few times that she obviously forgot herself, or quoted directly from another source that she got it right. That was horribly frustrating! Besides the book seemed badly organized, messy and confusing to read, as there was much jumping back and forth through times, places, legends characters - no system whatsoever. Also, a constant flow of chapters from the books, made me feel like this book would have been just a third of it's length without the quotations. I feel none the wiser about the highlands, nor it legends and sadly not the character / author either. And as that was the point about me buying the book - meh! I will not recommend this, even to avid fans of both books and the TV adaptation. Read the books or watch the show one more time over instead of buying this book. Bad. Almost a waste of money, and that is a harsh comment from a book-lover like myself.
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  Phyllis Runyan

  For anybody who follows the Outlander books and Starz series, this has a huge amount of information. I really enjoyed it.
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  Mary Aquino

  Explains so much
  
  If you have any questions about the history of Scotland, England, France, and a bit of America, as it relates to Outlander (and all the books) this helps. Info on the kings of Scotland,England, and France...background on the wars...good stuff.
  
  My main complaint is that the author spells Jamie's name Jaime through much of the book unless pulling directly from the words Diana wrote. She got a couple of other details wrong, but nothing quite as glaring as misspelling the main male character's name.
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  Eileen Vernor

  The author gives interesting historical context and explanations for many events and items referenced in the Outlander and Lord John books. While it is annoying in the Kindle version that she consistently misspells "Jaime" unless quoting from the books and overlooks editing errors, it is a fun and quick pop culture read for Outlander fans.
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  Jan

  This was a fascinating book to me. It is further help in understanding the outlander. I can't get enough of the history
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  Barb Wild

  easy to read, gives a look into the highlands how it relates to Diana Gabaldon's books. Successful books i might add! Like it alot. Would loan it to some one but i would want it back.
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  Rebecca

  Good companion to the Outlander series.