Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott

From its first publication in 1816 Rob Roy has been recognised as containing some of Scott¿s finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters. The outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was already a legendary, disputed figure by the time Scott wrote ¿ a heroic Scottish Robin Hood to some, an over-glamorised, unprincipled predator to others. Scott approaches Rob Roy indirectly, through the adventures of his fictional hero, Frank Osbaldistone, amid the political turmoil of England and Scotland in 1715. With characteristic care Scott reconstructs the period and settings so as to place Rob Roy and the Scotland he inhabits amid conflicting moral, economic and historical forces. This edition features, besides a new critical introduction and extensive explanatory notes, an essay outlining clearly the novel¿s historical context and a glossary of Scottish words and phrases used by Scott¿s colourful, vernacular characters. This 1995 Wordsworth Classics Paperback is brand new.

ISBN: 9781853262531 SKU: 1521140 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1521140
Location: Classics