BBC Documentaries

Scotland's Greatest Warrior (2012x299)

Air date: Nov 30, 2012

Revealing how James Graham, the 1st Marquis of Montrose and a poet and military genius, won six successive battles against the odds during the 17th-century civil wars - but ultimately died a martyr for his faithless kings on an Edinburgh scaffold. Montrose's campaign - in which the devastating 'Highland charge' was developed - has astounded soldiers and historians for centuries.