- Hardcover: 570 pages
- Publisher: Transaction Publishers; Large type edition edition (31 May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 156000519X
- ISBN-13: 978-1560005193
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,523,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When young Francis Osbaldistone discovers that his vicious and scheming cousin Rashleigh has designs both on his father's business and his beloved Diana Vernon, he turns in desperation to Rob Roy for help. Chieftain of the MacGregor clan, Rob Roy is a brave and fearless man, able and cunning. But he is also an outlaw with a price on his head, and as he and Francis join forces to pursue Rashleigh, he is constantly aware that he, too, is being pursued - and could be captured at any moment. Set on the eve of the 1715 Jacobite uprising, Rob Roy brilliantly evokes a Scotland on the verge of rebellion, blending historical fact and a novelist's imagination to create an incomparable portrait of intrigue, rivalry and romance.
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Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was born and educated in Edinburgh. From 1799 until his death he was Sheriff of Selkirkshire. Scott's poetry brought him great acclaim, but he rejected the Poet Laureateship in 1813 and turned towards ficiton, devising a new form that was to dominate the early 19th century novel. He became a baronet in 1820.
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You have requested me, my dear friend, to bestow some of that leisure, with which Providence has blessed the decline of my life, in registering the hazards and difficulties which attended its commencement. Read the first page
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Few men can be credited with inventing an entire genre, but Sir Walter Scott is one of them. His ingenious intertwining of history and fiction created a type of novel that endures to this day.
And in Rob Roy, it is easy to see why. Yet the mechanism of history occupies only a secondary position; it is the young Francis Osbaldistone who occupies centre stage. His colourful adventures unfold in a flurry of action, the narrative stiffened by Scott's wonderful fluency and sublime descriptive powers. Combine this with the suspense and uncertainty surrounding Diana Vernon and Rob Roy in particular, and it would be difficult to imagine a more pleasing novel.
Certainly, Rob Roy is not as exuberant as Scott's other great work, Ivanhoe, but this is of little consequence. The book is an intricate tapestry of romance, adventure and mystery that simply oozes the irresistible charm of a masterpiece.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Getting into this book means wading through an opening few scenes of London accountancy. It hurts, but it works
Once you have gotten through the early sections you follow the hero northwards, until you find him racing through the highlands and striving for the right to marry the beautiful, enigmatic and sly Di Vernon.
Not essentially a book about Rob Roy, although he does have a leading role. It is about the world of Rob Roy, which is full of brave, adventurous and unpredictable highlanders.
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Having read the excellent Ivanhoe before this, I was expecting great things from Rob Roy and, to some degree, I got them. The eponymous hero is brilliantly portrayed by Scott, who shows the duality of his character: the caring husband coupled with the fearless fighter who battled against the English. Unfortunately, however, we are not properly introduced to this character until over half way through the book and, thus, are deprived of the best thing about it. In my opinion, it focuses way to much on the narrator, Frank Osbaldistone, to the detrement of the story of Rob Roy and the history of the Jacobite rebellion.
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We all know Rob Roy is a Classic story, but this publisher makes it available to all ages due to the price. Excellent story in an excellent paperback edition! Read more
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