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Date Posted: 18:32:57 10/22/07 Mon
Author: Jane
Subject: There is a much more literate summary of the books to be found in a paper written by an old Hoser named Belinda. I pasted a quote from the paper concerning how D.K. Broster's novels may have influenced Diana inside. It mentions Lord John and Jamie, so I thought it might be OK to bring it up here. For the whole article check out http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/broster.html
In reply to: CatherineM. 's message, "Jane, don't apologize! Thanks for bringing this to our attention! I WANT this!" on 07:59:59 10/21/07 Sun

"Broster's novels also form a bridge between the classic Scottish historical adventures of Stevenson and co, and more recent writers such as the very. popular American novelist Diana Gabaldon, whose hugely successful Outlander series covers the same period, in its earlier books, as The Jacobite Trilogy. Gabaldon's highly entertaining historical adventures are particularly memorable for the fresh twist she gives to friendships between men, especially the convoluted friendship between the young Highland chieftain Jamie Fraser and the English soldier Lord John Grey. Gabaldon's companion volume to the series, Through the Stones, includes a list of suggested reading which she feels her fans may enjoy, and The Jacobite Trilogy is listed there. It is clear that Gabaldon has read the Trilogy; and the Fraser/Grey relationship surely owes something to Ewen Cameron and Keith Windham. Like Cameron, Gabaldon's tall redheaded hero is saved from a firing squad after Culloden by an English soldier who owes him a debt of honour; and Gabaldon looks at similar themes of friendship and allegiance. Broster's psychological explorations of character took the Scottish historical adventure a step further, and suggested perspectives which Diana Gabaldon has developed further and, as a modem writer, more explicitly."

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