Fitzgibbons's nephew from poisoning, which the fanatical Father Bain had declared as demonic possession, Claire makes a new enemy, and even though she earns some trust from the MacKenzies she is called a miracle-worker and is therefore presumed too valuable to let go. As Claire plans to return to Inverness and the standing stones, Colum decides it is best to keep her at Leoch, against her will, as healer to the clan.Ĭlaire hopes that her medical skills will earn her the trust of the MacKenzies, and her eventual freedom, but manages only to make herself indispensable. She meets Geillis Duncan, and witnesses Jamie doing a kindness for Laoghaire, the pretty young granddaughter of Mrs. After a while, she realises she is suspected of being an English spy. Claire is brought to Castle Leoch, and realizes that she has somehow traveled back in time.Ĭlaire is presented to Colum MacKenzie, laird of Castle Leoch, where she learns she has landed in 1743. As they flee, she sets his dislocated arm and later treats his bullet wound. A Scotsman rescues Claire and she meets Jamie Fraser. Soon she is in the middle of a skirmish between English redcoats and rebel Highlanders, and comes face to face with Frank's double, Randall, who is captain of the Dragoons. The morning after observing a modern Druid ritual at the standing stones on the hill of Craigh na Dun, Claire touches one of the stones, and wakes up lying on the ground. Frank is researching his family history, in particular his 18th Century ancestor Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall. In 1945, Claire Randall is a former WWII combat nurse visiting Inverness, Scotland, with her husband Frank, getting to know each other again after their wartime separation.
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