Rob Roy: Introduction by Eric Anderson (Everyman's Library Classics) - Hardcover

Scott, Sir Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679443622 ISBN 13: 9780679443629

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1995

Synopsis

Sir Walter Scott--who invented the historical novel--is still the writer to whom we turn when we seek the undiluted pleasures of narrative romance. His Rob Roy (1817) is a rousing tale of skulduggery and highway robbery, villainy and nobility, treasonous plots and dramatic escapes--and young love. From London to the North of England to the Scottish Highlands, it follows the unjustly banished young merchant's son Francis as he strives to out-maneuver the unscrupulous adventurer plotting to destroy him--and allies himself with the cunning, dangerous, and dashing outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor in a heroic effort to regain his rightful place and win the hand of the girl he loves.

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"When I think of Rob Roy I am impatient with all other novels."--Robert Louis Stevenson

From the Back Cover:

Scott's young hero Francis Osbaldistone is plunged into the intrigue and adventure of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion when he is falsely accused of highway robbery on his journey to the North of England. In his fight for both love and justice he must outwit his villainous cousin, Rashleigh, and travel to Scotland--a land of breathtaking beauty and dark foreboding--where his salvation can only be obtained with the help of the greatest outlaw of all, Robert Roy Campbell MacGregor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679443622
• ISBN 13: 9780679443629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544