The Last King of Scotland The Last King of Scotland The Last King of Scotland is a 1998 novel by journalist Giles Foden. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ. Giles Foden's novel received critical acclaim and numerous awards when it was published by Faber and Faber in 1998. It interweaves fiction and historical fact. In 2006, a film by the same name was produced based on the novel. The protagonist is a fictional character named Nicholas Garrigan, a
The Last Valley (1971 film) Clavell would make the film for ABC Pictures. The head of ABC was Martin Baum who was Clavell's agent and who had helped put together "To Sir, with Love". Clavell was going to make the film after "The Great Siege", a story of the Siege of Malta, which he was going to do after "Where's Jack?" (1967). He ended up not making "Great Siege". After he made "The Last Siege" he said he would write another book "to see if I've still got it." (This would become "Shogun".) Omar Sharif was the first star to sign. By June 1969 Michael