Comments on: Culloden

By: Clara

Clara — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:45:28 +0000

Hello,

I fell in love for Scotland and its history mostly thanks to your books. I got married in September 2009 and my husband gently agreed to a wonderful honeymoon in Scotland. we spent a night at Culloden House Hotel and I can’t even describe what I felt being there and knowing what truly happened 2 centuries ago. I could never have had a better honeymoon than that.

Clara

By: Sara Green

Sara Green — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:27:45 +0000

A friend and I were wondering if you would consider a book about Gellis Duncan? She pops in and out of so many stories that is seems she would have an interesting life. Have read through all the Jamie/Claire books and am looking forward to the newest one.

By: April 16, 1746 | DianaGabaldon.com

April 16, 1746 | DianaGabaldon.com — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:36:24 +0000

[...] “Culloden” [...]

By: Gemini

Gemini — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:40:00 +0000

thanks very much for describing this! i am a newcomer to the cult of the outlander series, but i am completely hooked and obsessed. i have not had a diana gabaldon-free day since the first part of september but am now just going back to re-read my favorite parts of all the books, a first for me!

next year, i will travel outside the us for the first time to france, but scotland is the 2010 trip i am planning.

i am now an avid fan!

By: Arlen

Arlen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:52:00 +0000

I'm really glad that you enjoyed your time and your burgers. (I love a good, mature cheddar.)
Your descriptions were absolutely wonderful.
Did you, however, try brown sauce?

I try so, so hard to check your site often and spent years hoping and praying you'd visit Scotland again.
And you visited when my internet connection was down for a few weeks so I had no idea!

I suppose I'll just have to hope that you'll visit Idaho since I am moving there in two weeks.

By: tor

tor — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:11:00 +0000

What an amazing discription…gave me goosebumps.
We keep meaning to go up to Culloden, i don’t believe my Galbraith ancestors were part of it (from what I understand they were a sneaky bunch who managed to always avoid trouble of any sort, and they’re a sneaky bunch trying to trace them!)but there is just a part of me that having read your books wants to visit anyway.
Thank you!

By: KarenS

KarenS — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Completely off topic … our local library is having its annual spring “gently used” book sale. I was hoping to score a copy of OUTLANDER for an officemate I’ve been preaching the virtues of Diana Gabaldon to (g) and would you believe … no copy of OUTLANDER, not ONE Gabaldon tome in the whole kit and kaboodle! The librarian told me that she had donated a trade paperback copy of OUTLANDER but it was practically the first thing out the door – and I only got there 10 minutes after they opened. Guess I’ll have to get up earlier for the sale they have in August, although I don’t hold out much hope – folks giving away Gabaldon titles are few and far between, apparently. I know I’ll not be parting with mine anytime soon.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:54:00 +0000

In your eyes

What is that,
I can see in your eyes?
Which feelings
show they?
I can't say exactly,
what it is.
Is ist anger?
'Cause I left you.
Is it pity?
'Cause I'm sitting here alone.
Is it hope?
'Cause you see a chance for yourself.
Maybe I don't want to know it.
Maybe I don't care anymore.
I can only look away,
hoping you're gone,
when I open my eyes again.

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:46:00 +0000

So you went to Pitlochry on your way up to Inverness? A lovely meal and a beer can be had at the Moulin, a hotel with a bar where they serve their own beer brewed in the micro brewery at the back. The hotel/pub was built in 1760,and its nooks and crannies give a lovely feel for the way things were built back then. Oh, and the best time for the fish ladder is October - we love to go up there to see them, they are amazing, as is the dam above.

I was at Culloden Battlefield about 10 days ago whilst on holiday and the Visitor Centre wasn't quite ready, so we didn't have to pay the full entrance fee (workmen still constructing things inside and rather noisy). I had mixed feelings about it, having been there before the new centre was opened. Perhaps my opinion was coloured by the fact that a school party was in and not very well controlled, so a number of young teens were rushing up and down pressing every button in sight and not bothering to hear/see what the result was (I got quite cross with one of them and she looked at me in astonishment that I had dared to tell her off!). The immersion video of the battle was awesome - I went back twice, it was so good and gave such a realistic experience of being caught in a battle - very scary. And then, of course, there was the battlefield itself...it still retains its sense of loneliness and desperation but that's enough said - the atmosphere still makes the hairs on the back of my neck rise.

I probably can guess at least 2 ways the hydro-electric scheme might feature in the next book - don't forget, guys, that the excerpts published so far contain bits about Brianna and family back in the 20th century, so there are a number of possibilities here, especially as Brianna is a trained engineer. But, of course, I could easily be wrong - I don't try and 2nd guess anything you write any more Diana - I've only been right once in 6 books!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Irene
St Andrews. Scotland

By: Tracee

Tracee — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:26:00 +0000

What an amazing description of your visit! I keep telling myself someday when I earn my sabatical, someday when the boys have gotten a little older and a litle less needy, someday I will stop waiting for “someday” and just GO travel! Now, I have find another teaching position- thank you Governator- so my someday will be postponed a little longer! But I will be patient and travel vicariously through you, Diana! Thanks for the journey!