Drums of Autumn

Outlander, Book 4

By: Diana Gabaldon

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 44 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Diana Gabaldon's fans will be delighted to find Jamie and Claire as spirited and endearing as ever in this fourth installment of this magnificent saga. Romance, history, and time travel blend once again as the couple builds a new life together in the wilderness of pre-Revolutionary America.

Twice Claire has used an ancient stone circle to travel back to the 18th century. The first time she found love with a Scottish warrior but had to return to the 1940s to save their unborn child. The second time, 20 years later, she reunited with her lost love but had to leave behind the daughter that he would never see. Now Brianna, from her 1960s vantage point, has found a disturbing obituary and will risk everything in an attempt to change history.

Davina Porter's narrative talent adds a special vibrance and resonance to Gabaldon's complex, colorful characters.

©1997 Diana Gabaldon (P)1999 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Gabaldon's range is impressive, whether she's evoking the rawness of colonial America, the cozy clutter of a modern Scottish parsonage, the lusts of the body or the yearnings of the spirit. Her legion of fans will love diving into this ocean of romance." ( Publishers Weekly)

Really meant 5 stars for all but can't get it to change!

5 stars all the way. Great story and narration. I'm hooked on this series of books

loved it all the way to the end

great plot and story line. I am very excited to get to book 5 and see why there are so many books in this series.

I am so hooked on this story

I can't wait until they resolve the issue with the next book in this series. I really want it to be just like the others!

Excellent!!!!

An incredible series! I have read all of the books in this series in hardcopy, purchased them as CDs so I could listened to them a second time while travelling and anxiously waited until they were available for download to my IPod so I can enjoy them again and again. If you are new to the series - 'lucky you'! Download them all at the same time and listen to them in order. (If you don't it doesn't matter - but once you meet Jamie and Claire you won't want to let them go).

Review of DOA

I have read all the Outlander books & now I'm listening to them. I especially like to listen to them when I'm taking a trip in the car! I have a problem with motion sickness so reading while traveling is not an option! I have enjoyed listening to the recording very much!

Overall story is a getting a little slow

I enjoy the narrator and her many voices, but the content is not what it was in the first two books.

Lives up to my very expectations.

Love this long continuous story. DG never lets me down.
the characters are so real... the made for tv version did not cast well.♡1

enjoyable

I think one of the things I like about this series is that you never know what's going to happen. And, no matter how mad you get when something goes completely wrong, you keep reading until it all works out (mostly) in the final chapter. The narration is excellent.

Fans of Outlander

Excellent exciting engaging book that often kept me up listening late into the night. The readers have wonderful accents!!

Love the entire series!

Would you consider the audio edition of Drums of Autumn to be better than the print version?

In some ways. I have read the books so i know the story but hearing it is even better because it makes me feel like I'm there.

What other book might you compare Drums of Autumn to and why?

Its historical fiction so maybe The Patriot. Has a personal conection to history.

What does Davina Porter bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She is easy to listen to and is good changing from one character to another seamlessley.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Where are we now?

Any additional comments?

No