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Jul 13, 201170greengirl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A very satisfying historical novel that really moves along! The fact that the story also contains time travel is just a bonus. The characters are interesting, mostly likeable and well developed. The story is also very well written. It's great when all these positive elements come together in one novel. My husband comes from Scottish ancestry and can be a little too like Jamie Fraser ( mostly the good & a little of the not so good!) Unlike Clair I would make a terrible doctor in this time or any other. I am interested in plant lore and making things by hand as they would have been done during this time period. The negative – the story is a little long and it continues and continues . . . . Because I can not stand not to know what happens with story characters I've come to care about I am hijacked into reading all of them! Yes, they are all good but all are long and some material of necessity is repeated.