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

This novel, first published in 1817, achieved a huge success and helped establish the historical novel as a literary form. In rich prose and vivid description, Rob Roy follows the adventures of a businessman's son, Frank Osbaldistone, who is sent to Scotland and finds himself drawn to the powerful, enigmatic figure of Rob Roy MacGregor, the romantic outlaw who fights for justice and dignity for the Scots. This is an incomparable portrait of the haunted Highlands and Scotland's glorious past.

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Edition details

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