Template:Did you know nominations/Rusco Tower
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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:26, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
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Rusco Tower
A 19-century view of Rusco Tower
... that when his widowed mother remarried, James Gordon of Lochinvar, heir to the estate of Rusco Tower, seized the castle and imprisoned her to ensure that she did not make it over to her new husband, whom he later killed?Source: Reid, 1947, pages 33-34 "Sir Robert Gordon died in 1524, being survived for 12 years by his widow... ...Within a year she had remarried... ...there may have been nothing to stop her leaving Rusco to the McLellanes... ...This incensed her eldest son, James Gordon of Lochinvar, so much that he decided to abduct her... ...he seized Rusco... ...she was kept a prisoner... ...Lochinvar and his friends killed Thomas M'Clellane of Bombie in the High Street of Edinburgh."- ALT1... that when his widowed mother remarried, James Gordon seized Rusco Tower (illustrated) and imprisoned her to ensure that she did not make it over to her new husband, whom he later killed? Source: as above.
Created by Girth Summit (talk). Self-nominated at 13:16, 13 August 2020 (UTC).
@Girth Summit: Can you make the hook little concise and more interesting? ~ Amkgp 💬 16:57, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
- Amkgp Fair comment on the length, I've reduced. But more interesting - seriously? I've given you a dead father, a remarried mother, a son who storms a castle and imprisons her, and who then kills her new husband - all in 200-odd characters - and you say it needs to be more interesting?!?! How do you like the ALT1? GirthSummit (blether) 19:55, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
ALT1 tells us everything, interesting article indeed, Girth Summit. Ready to go now. ~ Amkgp 💬 21:14, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Girth Summit: what is the source for the poem in the box? Yoninah (talk) 23:37, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Girth Summit and Yoninah: Nicholson, John (1843). Historical and Traditional Tales in Prose and Verse: Connected with the South of Scotland. Original and Select. J. Nicholson from Harvard University collection. pp. 335–336. Is this is the source? ~ Amkgp 💬 05:59, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
- Amkgp Thanks for digging out that source - I haven't come across the story concerning Sir Hugh Gordon in my other sources, I might try and add something to the article based on that - even more drama said to have unfolded at Rusco! :) GirthSummit (blether) 10:46, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah The poem is printed in full in two of the sources, referenced in the body of the article where I mention the poem. Should I repeat the refs in the poem box? GirthSummit (blether) 07:06, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
- @Girth Summit: Yes, please. Yoninah (talk) 10:15, 18 August 2020 (UTC) Yoninah (talk) 10:16, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah Done. I looked to see whether there was an archived copy of the original publication that I could link to, but wasn't able to find one. The Maclachlan Harper source, which prints the poem in full, was published in 1876, and the Reid source (1947) gives an original publication date of 1841, so there shouldn't be any COPYVIO concerns, but let me know if you think this needs a tag or attribution of some sort. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 10:40, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
