time travel

I compare every Kurland book I read to this one, the original, so I figured I ought to finally review it. <grin> I love this story ~ I still tear up when I'm re-reading it! Time travel is always a little unbelievable, but Kurland's imagination is fertile and she comes up with a beautiful love story between a medieval Scottish laird and the 20th-century writer that finds herself in the midst of his barbaric world. I love the fact that she's more PG-13 in her books than XXX and yet there is still a full gamut of human emotion captured ~ humor, fear, anger, jealousy, joy, compassion.

Some have compared this story to Diane Gabaldon's masterpieces. While there are similarities, the books excel on two different planes. Don't expect the depth and breadth of Outlander, but read this one for what it is: a heart-warming, imaginative love story that will lead you on to a whole collection of Kurland-greats.

I read many more books than I could ever possibly keep. I have owned this since it was first published and never tire of reading it over and over again. The characters are subtly complex and charming, the writing very amusing, and the story heart warming. Every aspect of time travel and it's consequences are explored and explained to a very satisfying conclusion.
As noted in other reviews, this is the start to a series of Lynn Kurland books. All of which can trace their charm back to this fantastic begining.
For those who are looking for much more than the usual ordinary read, I highly recommend "A Dance through Time". It's a book you won't want to ever let go of!

First thing off. I am not American. Perhaps an American would understand these things better, it could be a cultural thing.

But why wasn't Elizabeth hung as a witch? First of all, she's definately not Scottish but speaks English. She talks strange, has strange ideas and wears strange clothes.

NB. Witches were hung, not burnt. It was heretics that were burnt. So why there was all this witch burning going on which is historically incorrect, I don't know. Anything that was done of this nature was done with the aid of the present Christian church, but all the clergy that are present in the book, are way too soft for those times, and not present at these occasions.

And if Jaime didn't allow his men to rape women, why were there two attempts at Elizabeth? I agree with the other viewer on this, why did she forgive the would-be rapist and then allow him to be bodyguard?

Why did Elizabeth feel the need to buy everybody else gifts with money she knew that Jaime couldn't really spare?

Who convinved Jaime to buy a Jaguar? He wouldn't know what it was, and doesn't really need it out in the stix. What a total waste of money!

Then, there was a strange explanation that Jaime had to leave his present because Elizabeth had read that he had died. The future hadn't happened yet, so there was no reason for them not to stay and create a new history for them both.

If Jaime and Elizabeth kept time hopping in Scotland's history, how did the McLeoud hall fall into Fergussons hands? If they time hop backwards, in the future, is it possible that they will undo what they have done with their new hall?

WHY does the whole family have to get involved in the end? I have read this in other romance novels and so assume it to be a strange Americanism. If you asked any of my family if they wanted to go back in time where there were no antibiotics, to fight a battle where its quite likely they will die or suffer some sort of horrible trauma, they will quite vociferously tell you where to go. Families are all well and good for dinner invitations and phone conversations, but not for becoming central characters, and certainly not so in romance novels. Family have a terrible tendency for killing romance. The family thing was really annoying.