Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has responded to claims the hit Starz TV show portrays a 'deeply distorted' version of Gaelic life.
The TV show, which stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe as Jamie and Claire Fraser, has been criticised by Deborah Dennison, the founder of the Historians' Council on Culloden. Dennison claimed the American writer Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the Outlander novels, promoted inaccurate and “reprehensible” portrayals.
In a piece for The Scotsman, she wrote: "Outlander promotes a deeply distorted view of the known nature of the Gàidhealtachd. Presented with lots of raw sex, fantasy and slick Hollywood production values, in Scotland, and around the world, people believe the disinformation."
