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Part 1 Synopses 1 -- Outlander 3 -- Dragonfly in Amber 15 -- Voyager 47 -- Drums of Autumn 83 -- Part 2 Characters 127 -- Where Characters Come From: Mushrooms, Onions, and Hard Nuts 129 -- Cast of Characters 143 -- I Get Letters... 177 -- Magic, Medicine, and White Ladies 191 -- Part 3 Family Trees 203 -- A Genealogical Note 227 -- Part 4 Comprehensive Glossary and Pronunciation Guide 233 -- A Very Brief Guide to Gaelic Grammar 236 -- Comprehensive Glossary of Foreign Terms (including British slang) 238 -- Part 5 Outlandish Web Sites and Online Venues 255 -- Web Sites 257 -- Diana Gabaldon Home Page 257 -- LOL--The Ladies (and Lads) of Lallybroch 258 -- Through the Stones 261 -- Outlandish Timeline 262 -- Clan Outlandish on AOL 262 -- Free Gallery of Authors' Voices 264 -- CompuServe Readers and Writers Ink Group 265 -- Part 6 Research 267 -- Researching Historical Fiction: Hot Dogs and Beans 269 -- Botanical Medicine: Don't Try This at Home 283 -- Penicillin Online: A Writer's Thread 293 -- Part 7 Where Titles Come From (and Other Matters of General Interest) 321 -- Outlander vs. Cross Stitch 323 -- Gabaldon Theory of Time Travel 331 -- Part 8 View from Lallybroch: Objects of Vertue, Objects of Use 339 -- Lallybroch 341 -- "Arma virumque cano" 355 -- Part 9 Frequently Asked Questions 359 -- Answers 361 -- Part 10 Controversy 387 -- Communication 389 -- Part 11 Work in Progress: Excerpts of Future Books 409 -- Fiery Cross 411 -- King, Farewell: 435 -- Cannibal's Art 451 -- Annotated Bibliography 459 -- Eighteenth Century 462 -- Scotland 467 -- Medicine 476 -- African Cultures 481 -- Ghosts and Ghost Stories 482 -- Literature 482 -- Language Resources 486 -- Magic 488 -- Medicine (Including all Herbals) 489 -- Natural History Guides and Resources 493 -- North Carolina 495 -- Foods and Cookery 495 -- Native American Cultures and History, Etc. 496 -- Rather Odd Books 497 -- Miscellaneous 497 -- I Errata 499 -- II Gaelic (Gaidhlig) Resources 511 -- III Poems and Quotations 521 -- IV Roots: A Brief Primer on Genealogical Research 537 -- V A Brief Discography of Celtic Music 549 -- VI Foreign Editions, Audiotapes, and Strange, Strange Covers 557 -- VII Methadone List 569. |
