Scotland's Clans - Series 2 - Clan Robertson - Myth Makers

Alexander Robertson of Struan was a legend in his own lifetime. As the thirteenth and last chief of his clan, he was the only Scot to have fought in all three Jacobite rebellions of the 17th and 18th centuries - and the only one to have published pornographic and political Gaelic verse. This self-styled romantic hero single-handedly tried to restore the reputation of his clan while living the life of a rebel. But his unwavering support for the Jacobite cause cost this highland chief most of his ancestral lands. The story of Alexander, the so-called poet chief, tracing the rise and fall of a clan that mythologised its own importance as the world around them changed.