OUTLANDER Timeline
Check out the wonderful new OUTLANDER Timeline, created by Barbara Schnell, Diana Gabaldon's German translator.
This is going to be a terrific resource for OUTLANDER fans. It's very comprehensive, and Barbara did an amazing job in putting it together.
I love the way it's laid out because of the way it draws attention to events occurring simultaneously -- like the fact that 1729 saw both the death of Jamie's mother Ellen and the birth of Lord John Grey. <g>
The OUTLANDER Timeline is also available in German.
On a personal note: You'll notice that Brianna's birthday is listed as November 23, 1948. My birthday is also November 23. I've always thought it would be neat if Brianna and I shared a birthday, and I've said that on Compuserve a few times, but as far as I know, Diana has never confirmed it. The timing works, though, since we know Bree was three months old in February, 1949, during that Very Bad Day when Claire was home alone with her (VOYAGER chapter 3, "Frank and Full Disclosure").
Please pass the link to the OUTLANDER Timeline on to anyone else you know who might be interested. Thanks!
This is going to be a terrific resource for OUTLANDER fans. It's very comprehensive, and Barbara did an amazing job in putting it together.
I love the way it's laid out because of the way it draws attention to events occurring simultaneously -- like the fact that 1729 saw both the death of Jamie's mother Ellen and the birth of Lord John Grey. <g>
The OUTLANDER Timeline is also available in German.
On a personal note: You'll notice that Brianna's birthday is listed as November 23, 1948. My birthday is also November 23. I've always thought it would be neat if Brianna and I shared a birthday, and I've said that on Compuserve a few times, but as far as I know, Diana has never confirmed it. The timing works, though, since we know Bree was three months old in February, 1949, during that Very Bad Day when Claire was home alone with her (VOYAGER chapter 3, "Frank and Full Disclosure").
Please pass the link to the OUTLANDER Timeline on to anyone else you know who might be interested. Thanks!
I don't know if I can post links here, but this is the link to their Outlander timeline -
http://outlanderbookclub.freeforums.org/outlander-time-lines-and-genealogy-t273.html
It's a bit more complete than Barbara's and includes Jamie's time at University in Paris, which seems to conflict with Barbara's timeline. She has Jamie soldiering with Ian around then.
The Outlander Bookclub has produced timelines for all the books in the Outlander series. The easiest way to find them is by going to the Board Index and clicking on the discussion for each book.
I am listening to the audio book of "The Scottish Prisoner" and just a couple of days ago Lord John mentions that his mother's father was Scottish. Then while perusing the time line I noticed that Lord John's mother was a Fraser.
I don't remember reading in any of the other books a scene where Jamie and Lord John talk about a common lineage.
Now I know that Fraser is a common name in Scotland, but this just makes me wonder if Diana is going to have Lord John and Jamie find out that they are related.
Anyone have any thoughts about this or know if I am not remembering where this has been covered in one of the books?
I don't believe there's any evidence in the books to indicate that Lord John and Jamie are related by blood at all. I think you're misunderstanding that.
Karen
"1729 - Ellen Fraser dies giving birth to her fourth child,
Lord John Grey"
It now says, very clearly, "Ellen Fraser dies giving birth to her fourth child." and on the next line, "Lord John Grey is born." Two completely unrelated events, that happened to occur in the same year. There is absolutely no evidence in the books indicating these events are connected in any way at all, except that they happened in the same year.
Karen
Some clarification please?
Is a copy of the old timeline still available somewhere prior to the updated version? I would love to have a copy of the original for the 1945 starting date that was the original that goes along with the American version "Outlander" rather than the adjusted 1946 UK starting date. Many of the Outlander readers are confused by this new 1946 timeline. I know I am.
Thanks!!!