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Old 01-29-2012, 03:25 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by drofgnal View Post
After reading some about the Jacobite rebellion, it seems just as likely that the similarity is due to the fact that both are historical novels of the same period. The wikipedia entry for Bonnie Prince Charles mentions both works among others as being about the period.
In both books,
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the tall red-headed Scottish chieftain is saved from a firing squad after Culloden by an English soldier who owes him a debt of honor.
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That's a little much for sheer coincidence.

*Thanks to the Collecting Books and Magazines website for this.

Hey, I enjoyed Outlander. It's a great read. But it's also clearly somewhat derivative.
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