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Dastardly assassin or courageous warrior? The truth about Macbeth

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“… Macbeth governed efficiently and there was peace, though he did have trouble with a certain Thorfinn the Mighty, ruler of Orkney and the far north of the Scottish mainland. In her book King Hereafter, historical novelist Dorothy Dunnett suggests [King Hereafter] that Macbeth and Thorfinn were the same person, and it’s a plausible idea as there are so few sources from the time.”

Continue reading this article at the website of The National newspaper.

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