This is a series. Set in the Outlander universe.
Initially set around the time of the Second World War, it focuses on nurse Claire Beauchamp, who travels through time to 18th-century Scotland, where she finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.
Le Chardon et le Tartan is the first novel in the Outlander series, which is set to comprise ten books, nine of which have already been published.
The television adaptation of the series premiered on Starz in the US on August 9, 2014.