Sgurr wrote:Mac Bethad mac Findlaích; , or in English, Macbeth. Couldn't agree with you more since I read a book whose title I have now forgotten.
Yes, Shakespeare always seems to err on the side of pleasing the incumbent ruler. In this case James VI and I, purportedly a descendant of Malcolm III via the Bruce and Stewart lines.
Given Macbeth ruled, more or less peacefully, for 17 years, a long period for those times, I think he has been grossly misrepresented. All Holinshead's fault for pursuing fiction over fact. Nothing changes eh?
Your go.