It focuses on her assimilation into Scottish culture, and her emotional turmoil, caught between her duty to her husband in one time, and the growing passion she feels for Jamie Fraser in another. Many synopsis’ of Gabaldon’s novel emphasise the importance of the relationship between Claire and Jamie, and certainly Claire’s growing relationship and love for the young Scotsman is central to Cross Stitch. At its heart, however, Cross Stitch is Claire’s story. She is rescued from the rapacious hands of an English Red Coat soldier by several Scottish clansmen, and meets the mysterious Jamie Fraser. When visiting a circle of standing stones at Craig Na Duin, she is transported back in time to 1743, in the midst of clan rule in Scotland, in the years before the rising of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the massacre of Scottish Highlanders at Culloden. However, what is great about the television series is better in the novel – Cross Stitch is far more layered and complex, with individual narratives that are far deeper than a 13 episode series is able to explore.Ĭross Stitch tells the story of wartime nurse Claire Randall, who is on her second honeymoon with her husband in the Highlands of Scotland in 1945. The television series is fantastic and was renewed for a second series as soon as the first episode aired in the USA.
Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon is a book catapulted from popular novel status into wider popular culture thanks to its adaptation into the TV series Outlander last year.
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