‘Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone.
I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.
I give ye my Spirit, ‘til our Life shall be Done.’
Even a casual fan recognizes these words as the vows that wed Jamie and Claire Fraser in Diana Gabaldon’s 1991 novel Outlander. The first Outlander novel is billed as a sexy historical fantasy, starring an unfaithful heroine and too-good-to-be-true hero. But between sensationalist sex and a controversial spanking scene, Gabaldon lays the groundwork for what becomes an intricate historical epic. By the eighth novel, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, the series has grown far past its humble beginnings. I don’t want to completely discredit the first book in the series, because if I hadn’t loved it so much I would have never read the rest, but Gabaldon managed to take her freshman novel and…
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