Part 5
So William and the Hunters part ways. Maybe Wee Willie will find the battlefield after all. But when he does, he will be facing an army that includes his father, his cousin and his friends. He seems to be able to separate the war from friendship though. I know Jamie will try to keep William safe. But, as he said at Alamance when he was worried about Roger, sometimes you shoot somebody before you can see who it is.
William running into the old man gave me shivers. Of course it had to be Arch Bug. Someone needs to squash that Bug.
I know Jamie will try to keep William safe. But, as he said at Alamance when he was worried about Roger, sometimes you shoot somebody before you could see who it was.
Anybody think that Claire is ultimately going to operate on Henry and save his life?
Sure she will but in this book that could take months.
General Fraser. I know that Simon Fraser, son of the old fox, did join the British Army. He finally did regain his estates, but not his titles. I wonder if this is the same Simon Fraser.
I don't think so. Though at 1st I got excited thinking it was. I don’t think the real Simon Fraser was a Fraser of Lovet. I like the details DG got right. Arnold did specifically target Fraser and Timothy Murphy is the one who shot him. Of course it is a pretty famous story. An interesting note – Simon Fraser’s grave was marked by the park service but was moved after the supposed burial site was dug up and they found nothing. The marker was moved down by the river. I guess that means that his body was never taken back to Scotland. But this way, Jamie, Claire and Ian have a way to get there.
So Claire is captured and needs to be saved, again. Good thing Jamie has a hero complex. And here is William, one of her guards; lucky for everyone. I liked William’s description of Claire “the curly-wig giving orders like a sergeant-major”. Looks like she didn’t heed Donner’s advice to act more afraid of men.
Oh, goodness. Claire is taking care of Walter Woodcock and his amputated leg. Is this Mrs. Woodcock’s husband, the one who is caring for Henry Gray?
I never made that connection. It may have something to do with my sleep reading.
Hamish is back! I never liked how he was forgotten in so many of the books. Looks like he turned into a decent man but dare we forget he is a MacKinzie?
It was really good to run into Hamish. I’m very surprised that Jamie didn’t ask him right away about Jocasta and Duncan.
So was I. I guess it’s their turn to be forgotten. I will just have to imagine they talked about Duncan and Jocasta after Claire went to bed.
Dr Rawlings twin brother shows up. I guess everybody will show up at some time in this and the next book. I never did understand why Dr Rawlings was so important to Claire since she never new him. I’m glad she didn’t tell him how his brother died.
It was good to find out that Jamie would have fought for liberty even without a family to fight for.
yes it was
It looks like DG is following the same plan for Ian and Rachel falling in love as she did for Roger and Bree. In other words, just accept it because she isn’t going to try to build it up like she did for Jamie and Claire.
Denny and Dottie sitting in a tree?
I didn’t remember the name of the person who saw Jamie kill Dougal. Of course he wants to blackmail Jamie. I don’t suppose it would make any difference that it was self-defense and that Dougal had tried to kill Jamie before that. Ian being chased as a murder was a surprise to me. In a discussion of one of the earlier books, a question was asked about Ian traveling to the future if he were able to. I think this story illustrates exactly why neither he nor Jamie should travel to the future even if they could. Their way of managing their problems (I’m not saying they are wrong) would land them in Jail in the 1970’s.
Why did these people want to kill Rollo? At least with Rachel taking care of him, he will be used to her when she and Ian get together.
I’m really worried about Ian. He seems to have lost his place in the world, and every thing he does moves him further away from finding some peace.
I think he will find some peace in Scotland. Being around family can help – it it’s the right family.
I am soooooooo tired of reading about how much Jamie and William look like each other whenever someone sees them together or when someone who knows Jamie (Claire and Ian) sees William. I got it, they look alike, you can stop with the filler now.
The Fergus stuff: There is too little of this or am I just not noticing it because it is mixed in with the LJ stuff. I hope Fergus and Claire are related. What will Fergus do when he finds out he is monetarily rich? And what kind of trouble is that going to bring down on him and Marsali?
Bree and Roger:
Roger teaching again. He is a pretty good teacher. So what will it be: teacher? Preacher? Teacher-Preacher? Preacher-Teacher? Whatever he ends up doing, he will be good at it.
Rob Cameron is going to be trouble! I doubt he has a thing for Bree, he is probably trying to put Bree and Roger off guard.
Why is Bree worried about Claire and Jamie being at Ticonderoga? She has to know they got out all right; there are more letters and two books.
HAH, I knew the nuckelavee was William Buccleigh MacKenzie. But what it means at this point, I really don’t know. I was very surprised to find out he was a lawyer.
Yes, you were right. The lawyer thing surprised me as well.
Hopefully this will give Roger a chance to confront and forgive Buck. If he can forgive Jamie and Ian for giving him to the Indians there must be away for him to forgive his great great whatever grandfather.
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