"I was just looking for a time and place in which to set a historical novel because I wanted to practise writing one. I wasn’t going to show it to anyone, let alone get it published, so it didn’t really matter where I set it. I saw this young man in a kilt and thought that was quite fetching, so why not Scotland in the 18th century?"
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On what inspired her to write a historical novel in “Caught Between Two Worlds – Diana Gabaldon Interview” in The Scots Magazine (2018 Mar 2)
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