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Rob Roy MacGregor: His Life and Times (Unknown Binding)

by W.H. Murray (Author)
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  • Unknown Binding: 288 pages
  • Publisher: R.Drew Pub. (15 Sep 1982)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0904002985
  • ISBN-13: 978-0904002980
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rob Roy MacGregor, 4 Dec 2003
This review is from: Rob Roy Macgregor: His Life And Times (Canongate) (Paperback)
As a descendant of Rob Roy I think this book finally lays to rest nearly two centuries of misinformation and mythology. I'm delighted to have found a properly researched biography which sets his life in its historical context and backs it up with source material. I highly recommend this book.

Mr Murray is to be congratulated for his endeavours.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Account of a Fascinating Man, 12 May 2009
By Odysseas (Portugal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rob Roy Macgregor: His Life And Times (Canongate) (Paperback)
This seems to be a very well-researched biography of a quite remarkable man. For all the fictional tales that have been woven around the life of Robert Ruadh MacGregor, the real story as told by W.H. Murray needs no embellishment.

Given the paucity of information about Rob Roy's life until he came to prominence within Clan Gregor, and then came to the attention of the powers that be and the general public, the author begins by giving a very interesting account of what kind of life he might have expected to live in his early years until reaching manhood. In so doing, we are offered an absorbing insight into clan life in the late 17th century, and the trials of the MacGregors as a proscribed clan persecuted by Lowlander and Highlander alike.

A wealth of evidence is provided to confirm or refute occurrences and legends from Rob Roy's life, and what we discover is that he must surely have been one of Scotland's and Britain's most remarkable, resourceful and resilient individuals. However, that is not to say that I fully agree on every occasion with the conclusions which Mr Murray draws from the evidence. He is clearly a dyed-in-the-wool admirer of his subject. The result is that he sometimes gives Rob Roy the benefit of the doubt where my own reading of the evidence would not lead me to the same conclusion. Consequently, it hovers close to hagiography in always siding with Rob Roy, and some readers might wish for a rather more critical appraisal of his life and acts. Having said that, the evidence is there for the reader to draw his/her own conclusions, and W.H. Murray's achievement in being able to gather so much fascinating information is monumental. A more recent biography by David Stevenson, The Hunt for Rob Roy, published by Birlinn, is apparently rather less charitable to the man, and may be worth reading in order to gain another point of view.

Nevertheless, from start to finish Mr Murray's book is a joy to read, is packed with information, excitement and the author's passion for his subject, and is probably as comprehensive an account of Rob Roy's life as it is possible to write. The cover states that it was the "inspiration" for the film Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson; but as enjoyable as the film is, it bears little relation to the events portrayed in this book. While I am in no sense being critical of the film - in fact it is one of my favourite films of recent years - it cannot hold a candle to this fine book.
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