The History of Scotland, the Romance of Scotland, and "Outlander"
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Story of Diana Gobaldon
Diana gobaldon is from flagstaff, arizona and has no particular connection to scotland. She started writing this novel on a lark, inspired in large part by a scottish character in long running british science fiction television show, doctor ho. I think that this story could not have been written or made by britons. It's simply too fraught.
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