<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0385302304 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Dragonfly in Amber </Td> </Tr> <P> Outlander (published in the United Kingdom as Cross Stitch) is the first in a series of eight historical multi-genre novels by Diana Gabaldon . Published in 1991, it focuses on the Second World War--era nurse Claire Randall, who travels through time to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser . A mix of several genres, the Outlander series has elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure and science fiction / fantasy . Outlander won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Romance of 1991 . A television adaptation of the Outlander series premiered on Starz in the US on August 9, 2014 . As of fall 2017, the series is airing in its third season and has begun pre-production on the fourth . </P> <P> In 1946, after working apart during the Second World War, British Army nurse Claire Randall and her husband Frank, a history professor, go on a second honeymoon to Inverness, Scotland . Frank conducts research into his family history and Claire goes plant - gathering near standing stones on the hill of Craigh na Dun . She faints when investigating a buzzing noise near the stones; upon waking, she encounters Frank's ancestor, Captain Jack Randall . Before Captain Randall can take her into custody, he is knocked unconscious by a Scottish Gael who takes Claire to his clansmen . As the Gaels inexpertly attend their injured comrade Jamie, Claire uses her medical skill to set Jamie's dislocated shoulder . The men identify themselves as members of Clan MacKenzie, and Claire eventually concludes that she has traveled into the past . She represents herself as an English widow who is traveling to France to see her family . The Gaels do not believe her and take her to Castle Leoch, where Claire searches for a way to return to her own time . </P>

Book about a nurse who goes back in time