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Gateway to Loch Ness and the Highlands' misty capital: Inverness lives off monsters, real and imagined. Culloden's battlefield lies minutes away, and Outlander opens on a honeymoon in the town itself. The Party's Just Beginning drinks in it. Open Inverness on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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7 famous stories set in Inverness

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Browse 6 books and 1 movie set in Inverness.

Outlander

Outlander

by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
book

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the…

Setting: ['Lallybroch, Scotland (United Kingdom)', 'Scottish Highlands', 'Inverness, Scotland', 'Scotland']Time Period: 1945
Voyager

Voyager

by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
book

From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues.Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades…

Setting: ['Le Havre (France)', 'Hispaniola', 'Jamaica', 'Lallybroch, Scotland (United Kingdom)', 'Ardsmuir, Scotland (United Kingdom)', 'Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire, Scotland', 'Helwater', 'Edinburgh, Scotland', 'Inverness, Scotland', 'Scottish Highlands']Time Period: 1760; Jacobite Risings
Dragonfly in Amber

Dragonfly in Amber

by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
book

From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is…

Setting: ['Le Havre (France)', 'Paris (France)', 'Inverness, Scotland', 'Scottish Highlands']Time Period: 1745; Jacobite Uprising
Drums of Autumn

Drums of Autumn

by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
book

In this breathtaking novel, rich in history and adventure, #1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that started with the now-classic novel Outlander and…

Setting: ['Boston, Massachusetts (United States)', 'Charleston, South Carolina (United States)', "Fraser's Ridge, North Carolina (United States)", 'Cross Creek, North Carolina (United States)', 'Oxford, England', 'Inverness, Scotland', 'Scottish Highlands']Time Period: 1770; Pre-American Revolution
The Party's Just Beginning

The Party's Just Beginning

Mt. Hollywood Films-Synchronicity Films
movie

In a bleak Inverness midwinter Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates her misery with joyless sex chips and a belief in the power of positive drinking. Surrounded by…

Setting: Inverness, Scotland, UKTime Period: Contemporary
Os tambores de outono - 2ª parte

Os tambores de outono - 2ª parte

by Diana Gabaldon
book

Jamie e Claire, naufragati sulle coste delle Colonie Americane, avevano deciso di lasciarsi alle spalle la Scozia e la sua triste realtà di carestia e miseria per tentare di ricostruirsi una vita nel Nuovo Mondo, dove…

Setting: Inverness, Scotland, UK; North Carolina, USATime Period: 1769
Witch of the Glens

Witch of the Glens

by Sally Watson
book

The time was 1644 in Inverness, Scotland. As the "wicked wee lass" raced along the steep streets, just ahead of the stones and cries of briosag! hurled at her, she wished with all her heart that she were a witch. What a…

Setting: Inverness, Scotland, UKTime Period: 1644

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