The King's Only Champion
The King's Only Champion James Graham was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier who joined the Covenanters but sided with Charles I as the English Civil War progressed. Montrose in this way…
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The King's Only Champion
James Graham was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier who joined the Covenanters but sided with Charles I as the English Civil War progressed. Montrose in this way mesmerised all Europe. Through a string of brilliant military victories Montrose won the civil war in Scotland until it was plain that Charles I's failure in England was so total that nothing could be salvaged.
In the end he was a victim of politics, a fate he gave every sign of welcoming. His triumphs make him one of the outstanding figures of the era. If he could not prevail as a warrior, he preferred to pay the ultimate price.
In his own exuberant writings, both prose and poetry, Montrose expresses an astonishing confidence in his God-given role as hero. He is a historic royalist and an icon of Scotland. Hanged and with his body mutilated and cut to pieces in 1650, in 1661 his limbs were brought back from Glasgow, Perth,