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Scotland Magazine section Scottish HeroesMacbeth: bloody tyrant or popular king?Most of us know Shakespeare's version of Macbeth. What was the reality? Jackie Cosh reports In August 1606 William Shakespeare presented his new play to King James I at Hampton Court. Macbeth, the story of a tyrant king whose ambitions lead him to commit murder, was to become one of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedies. The name “Macbeth” was not unfamiliar but the story was. For unlike h... By Jackie Cosh from Issue 13 published on 25/3/2004 Invalid at home, Samson abroadIsabella Bird wasn't the typical swash-buckling Scottish type of hero. But she was a hero. Sara Wilson explains why The early years of Isabella Bird’s life were inauspicious. She was a sickly child and as a young woman suffered from debilitating illnesses which left her barely able to raise her head without the aid of a neck brace. She relied on a cocktail of laudanum, bromide and alcohol to get through the day.... By Sara Wilson from Issue 11 published on 17/11/2003 A man to die and cry forDAVID STEWART WAS AN UNLIKELY HERO – BUT HIS BRAVERY EARNED HIM Short, mild in manner with thick spectacles, David Stewart made an unlikely hero. The younger son of Perthshire laird, he was born in 1772. Both his grandfathers fought at the Battle of Culloden – one was killed – and the young man joined the family regiment, the Black Watch. His fighting career w... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 10 published on 5/9/2003 A rollercoaster ride of a lifeHORATIO HAMILTON ROSS WASN’T YOUR NORMAL SORT OF HERO, BUT HE ESTABLISHED A MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, LEFT A TRAIL OF MARITIME DISASTER, AND WAS LOVED BY HIS FRIENDS. ANTHONY DALTON REPORTS He arrived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, quietly enough aboard his prairie launch, a small vessel that had carried Horatio Ross from Calgary on the Bow River – a distance of some 200 miles. He had planned to continue across the vast prairies on the South Saskatchewan River to Winnipeg, but he liked the ... By Anthony Dalton from Issue 9 published on 20/7/2003 The great romantic heroJAMES IRVINE-ROBERTSON EXAMINES THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF A TRULY REMARKABLE SCOT: JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE Ileave my soul to God, my service to my prince, my goodwill to my friends, my love and charity to you all.” These were the last words of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, from the scaffold in Edinburgh in 1650. Handsome, honourable, a poet, philosopher, charismatic leader and a natural genius at wa... By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 8 published on 17/5/2003 |  | ||||||||||||
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