Le chardon et le tartan

In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall is reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon in the Scottish Highlands. After years apart during the war, they seek to reconnect, but a visit to an ancient circle of standing stones changes everything. When Claire touches one of the stones, she is inexplicably transported back in time to 1743, a Scotland torn apart by war and clan rivalries. Alone and disoriented, she is a Sassenach - an "outlander" - in a dangerous past she cannot comprehend.

Thrust into the intrigues of lairds and spies, Claire's life is immediately threatened. Her modern knowledge and independence make her an object of suspicion, particularly to the formidable Black Jack Randall, an ancestor of her husband. She is forced into the protection of a clan of Highlanders, where she meets the gallant young warrior, Jamie Fraser. A passionate connection ignites between them, pulling Claire between two vastly different men and two irreconcilable lives. This sprawling adventure, rich with history and romance, explores a love that transcends time and the difficult choices of a woman caught between fidelity and desire.