This is the ideal companion for Outlander enthusiasts and anyone interested in Scottish history. The book is flawlessly intertwined with real-life events and anecdotes from the era as well as the book/TV series. Anyone who appreciates Outlander but hasn’t done any study into the real culture and events that it is based on (or vice versa) will undoubtedly discover something that piques their curiosity.

A Tudor Reader

This book looks at the rise of the Jacobite nation in the mid-1700s, looking at various aspects of life for the Jacobites during this time and the uprising against the English, which was played in a number of films/programmes such as Outlander. You often find with films/programmes based on history can often be romanticised but having read a number of books on the Jacobite rebellion this book does a good job in documenting events and being quite accurate historically. I must admit that I have not watched the Outlander series, so I can’t comment on any comparisons. A series usually has to be very well received if it’s a history-based series for me to watch it, but from this book, I found it very informative, detailed and well written so maybe I should try and watch the series. A good honest read and I would say it would go down well with television fans of the series.

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The History Fella