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Aug 15, 2016DBRL_KatSU rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Having read (and adored) "Outlander," I was excited to see that this book has to do with the Jacobite Rebellion. I'm a little obsessed with this piece of history, because of the way Gabaldon made it so human. I was surprised to learn that "The Winter Sea" is actually about the uprising of '08, and precedes the Battle of Culloden. Any-who . . . This novel did an excellent job of (again) make history more accessible to me, and Kearsley did in such a creative way. The main character is a writer, and is inspired by the Scottish Slains Castle, so she begins writing. After she writes a scene, she realizes that everything she wrote (which she thought was totally fictional) was historical fact. This book was enchanting, and made me stay up past my bedtime on more nights than one!