User:Nslarocque/Draft of The Fiery Cross edit

The Fiery Cross

Author	Diana Gabaldon
Language	English
Series	Outlander series (book 5)
Genre	Historical novels
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	November 6, 2001
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	992 pp
ISBN	0-385-31527-9
OCLC	47666791
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3557.A22 F54 2001
Preceded by	Drums of Autumn
Followed by	A Breath of Snow and Ashes

The Fiery Cross is book five in the best-selling Outlander series, written by Diana Gabaldon. The stories center around a time-travelling 20th-century doctor (Claire Randall Fraser) and her 18th-century Scottish husband (Jamie Fraser), and are located in Scotland, France, and America.

Genres

As the other books of the series, The Fiery Cross is a mixture of genres. It is primarily a historic novel, with a detailed account of Scottish immigrants' daily life in 18th century America. It is also a romance novel which focuses on the love story between the two main characters of the series, Claire Randall Fraser and Jamie Fraser. It also tells of the love story between their daughter, Brianna Randall Fraser and her husband, Roger Mackenzie. The novel also touches on the fantasy genre as Claire, Brianna and Roger came from the 20th century by means of magic time travelling.

Narrative mode

The story uses an alternating person view for the narration. While most of the story so far in the series had been told from Claire's point of view as the protagonist in a first-person narrative, most chapters in The Fiery Cross are told from Jamie, Roger and Brianna's points of view, using third person narrative mode.

Plot Summary

The heroine of Outlander, Claire, returns in The Fiery Cross as a reluctant oracle and wife to Jamie Fraser, her 18th century partner, and facing the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American Revolution. As the preceding novel, Drums of Autumn, concluded with Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire helping their daughter and new son-in-law, from the 20th century, settle into life on Fraser's Ridge, The Fiery Cross picks up the storyline exactly where it was left - with Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser and Roger Mackenzie about to make their nuptials official and baptise their son Jeremiah. With the American Revolution now only a few years away and unrest brewing Jamie is called to form a militia to put down the beginnings of rebellion in North Carolina, and risking his life for a king he knows he must betray - and soon. Gabaldon delivers the endings to several strands of storyline she had woven through Drums of Autumn; mysterious plots and characters are revealed in the course of this intricate plot - leaving the Frasers and their family poised on the edge of war.

Category:Time travel novels Category:Outlander Category:2001 novels Category:Hispanic and Latino American novels Category:Novels set in the American colonial era Category:Novels set in North Carolina