With an Introduction and Notes by David Blair. 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.
Rob Roy - Walter Scott
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