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Sorry if this is a rehash of a previous topic but I went through the archives and can't find any reference to this author.

I've come into possession of the 'Saga of the Exiles' series by Julian May and was wondering if anyone has read them or recommends them. Sci-fi isn't generally my thing but these looked pretty good so I bought them.

Again, sorry if this might have been discussed previously but I did check.

If this is the series where humans get sent back in time only to be enslaved by aliens, from what I recall, I enjoyed it. It's been a lot of years though. In fact, it makes me kinda want to find the series and re-read it!

Yep that's the series. I guess I'll get right on it then!

Well, be sure to let me know how you like it, so I'll know if I need to re-read it!

Saga of the Exiles has some great characters (there was a mountaineer who dressed as Queen Elizabeth I, among the minor characters, if I remember correctly!). It's a good, meaty storyline to get your teeth into. You'll also never think of the song Danny Boy in the same way again.
Even better than The Saga of the Exiles, though, in my opinion, are the books Julian May wrote about life back in the present. Intervention is the first one, in which the 5 races of the Galactic Milieu are watching Earth to see if humans are ready to join them - and the story is told via a French Canadian family, the Remillards, who become powerful telepaths. One of my favourite characters is SF is Rogi Remillard, a second hand book dealer, and not one of the powerful telepaths of the family, though he has help from a mysterious protector at crucial moments.
The story continues with Diamond Mask, Jack the Bodiless and Magnificat, which are superbly well written, involving the aliens, a murder mystery, development of psychic powers - and a trip to the Scottish islands which must surely be based on real life experience! I've been on the Caledonian McBrayne ferries, and it is just like the description in the book!
She has some interesting ideas about religion, too, based on the works of Teilhard de Chardin, a Roman Catholic priest and archaeologist and mystic (and one of her characters is a female Jesuit priest).