Solution: Setting for "The Last King of Scotland" - NYT Crossword

We had Idi Amin in the puzzle last week, I think; this clue refers to a book and movie about his rise and fall, whose name was taken from one of the dictator’s boastful and unrealistic proclamations, a title he gave himself. According to NPR, the full title was His Excellency President for Life Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and UGANDA in Particular. Whether Amin meant to evoke “Macbeth” or not, the book’s author, Giles Foden, definitely saw the parallels between Shakespearean and contemporary megalomania.