Other Literature
David Lindsay of the Mount appears as the sympathetic major character in Nigel Tranter's well-researched James V trilogy: The Riven Realm (1984), James V, By the Grace of God (1985), and Rough Wooing (1987).
Lindsay's description of the Tower of Babel in his Dialog ("The shadow of that hyddeous strength sax myle and more it is of length") is used as the motto of the novel "That Hideous Strength" by C. S. Lewis, and the book's name is also derived from it.
Sir David appears as a character in Sir Walter Scott's epic poem Marmion.
Sir David Lindsay of the Mount is a major character in John Arden's play Armstrong's Last Goodnight set in 16th Century Scotland.
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