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Claire and Jamie's saga · 1767–1770 in the colonies, and 1969–1971

Drums of Autumn

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The Frasers start over in North Carolina

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Yes. It's part of the chronological order leading up to the end of the saga.

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Quick recap

The Frasers reach North Carolina, lose everything to pirate Stephen Bonnet and stop at River Run, Aunt Jocasta's plantation. Jamie turns down becoming her heir and accepts land from Governor Tryon in the mountains, where Fraser's Ridge is born. In 1969, Brianna finds a notice about her parents dying in a fire and goes through the stones; Roger follows her. The two secretly handfast, fight, and Bonnet attacks Brianna. She ends up pregnant without knowing who the father is. Through a misunderstanding, Jamie hands Roger over to the Mohawk. When he learns his mistake, he goes after him with Claire and Ian, who stays with the Mohawk in Roger's place. Roger returns in the end and chooses to stay with Brianna.

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What changed on screen

  1. ChangeMurtagh with the Regulators

    Murtagh isn't part of this stretch of the books. In S4 he resurfaces in North Carolina and joins the Regulators.

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  2. ChangeFrank barely there

    By this point in the story, Frank is dead and lives only in Claire's and Brianna's memories. On the show, Tobias Menzies stays in the main cast and appears in one S4 episode.

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