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Rob Roy Paperback – 1 May 1995

by Walter Scott (Author)
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Scott's invigorating tale of Rob Roy and the battle between the English and the Scotts

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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    978-0140435542
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Penguin
  5. Publication date
    1 May 1995
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    12.95 x 2.26 x 19.71 cm
  8. Print length
    512 pages
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Scott's young hero Francis Osbaldistone is plunged into the intrigue and adventure of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion when he is falsely accused of highway robbery on his journey to the North of England. In his fight for both love and justice he must outwit his villainous cousin, Rashleigh, and travel to Scotland--a land of breathtaking beauty and dark foreboding--where his salvation can only be obtained with the help of the greatest outlaw of all, Robert Roy Campbell MacGregor.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 May 1995
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140435549
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140435542
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 349 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.95 x 2.26 x 19.71 cm
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1560L
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Sir Walter Scott

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America.

Scott's novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

Although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, Scott was an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire.

A prominent member of the Tory establishment in Edinburgh, Scott was an active member of the Highland Society and served a long term as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–32).

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  • The Swan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 July 2012
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    I picked up "Rob Roy" after first finishing Sir Walter Scott's immortal novel, "Ivanhoe". The latter was perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring novel I've ever read. "Rob Roy" did not quite measure up to "Ivanhoe", in my view. But it is a splendid novel, nonetheless.

    The plot concerns a young heir to a huge London business fortune, Francis Osbaldistone, becoming caught up in the romance and intrigue of the Jacobite uprising of 1715 in Northern England and Scotland. Francis shows little joy for the idea that he should inherit his father's prosperous business and career. His father, in disappointment, dispatches him to the North, with word to his Uncle that the first cousin, Rashleigh, should be considered the replacement for Francis in the proffered business career. There, at the Uncle's estate, Francis meets for the first time both his cousins, including this Rashleigh, and the enigmatic Diane Vernon, a beautiful, mysterious, athletic, and profoundly capable young women. Along the way, he encounters the strong, silent Mr. Campbell, who turns out to be the title character, Rob Roy. With this, we see one of Sir Walter Scott's evidently preferred approaches: he introduces his hero in disguise. This he did in "Ivanhoe" both with the title character and with Richard, the Lion-heart.

    But the character of perhaps even more interest than Rob Roy is this Diane Vernon. As another reviewer has opined, she emerges as perhaps one of the most interesting female characters in English literature. In this, she resembles strongly Scott's rendering of the Jewish damsel, Rebecca of York, in "Ivanhoe". Like Rebecca, Diane is both achingly beautiful and wonderfully spirited. Also like Rebecca, she is a proud member of a despised minority group: Rebecca being a Jew and Diane being a Catholic, in an England that was then staunchley, if only officially, anti-Catholic.

    Diane's faith, of course, also provides something of a backdrop for the political intrigue of the novel. The Jacobite uprising was an attempt to return James II, the last Catholic King of England, to the throne. And we see in Scott's beautiful and detailed description of England and Scotland in this period both the profound prejudice under which Catholics then labored in these lands and the steadfast devotion to their faith that these folks evidently lived, albeit somewhat on the sly.

    The book is excellent and hugely entertaining. It is not in any way to be confused with the ridiculous and insulting Hollywood movie made not long ago with Liam Neeson in the title role. In fact, the only thing that the book and movie share is the title. Scott's novel, here reviewed, is a rousing and wonderful tale of high adventure, intrigue, and beautiful, though subtley sweet, romance. We recommend it highly. Enjoy!
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  • Iso Thringwyn Gade
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rob Roy ... a once famous and now neglected masterpiece - great abridgement
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2014
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    Rob Roy is a fine novel and, perhaps, the best of Scott's Waverley novels. It manages to combine a truly exciting plot with a deal of emotional interest including a great love story. It would be really good if one of the more innovative audiobook companies, Naxos Audio Books comes to mind, would produce abridgements of the Waverley novels complete. They were at one time as popular as Dickens and deserve revival. This reading is clear and well done.
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  • David Bisset
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Scottish legend
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2022
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    This remains one of Scott's most popular novels - and rightly so! The plot is complex, the descriptive prose admirable, but above all we are presented with the ambiguities of Scotland in the early 18th century.
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  • Orit Klein Vartsky
    4.0 out of 5 stars Historical novel classic
    Reviewed in the United States on 24 October 2019
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    News and Reviews- a day late.

    And today: my review on Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott.

    The book tells of a young merchant's son, Frank Osbaldistone. He writes a letter to his father's partner's son, and thus the entire book is written in the first person, recounting events from the protagonist's youth.

    Frank's father is a successful merchant and avid protestant, but was born to an aristocratic,. Catholic family in Northumberland (in the Scottish borders). His turning protestant and choosing to earn his bread by trade has caused a rift between him and his family, mostly his brother, Sir Hildebrand who inherited the baronetcy.

    Mr. Osbaldistone calls his son Frank home from his studies in France, to initiate him into the family business. But Frank, who is young and has a romantic spirit, refuses to follow in his father's footsteps. He wants to write poetry. This, to a puritan like his father, is akin to devil worship.

    To punish him for his impetuousness, his father sends him to the house, or rather, estate, of his estranged brother up north, and takes as an apprentice his youngest nephew, (youngest of five of Sir Hildebrand's sons) Rashleigh Osbaldistone.

    On the route up north Frank encounters a traveler, who takes special care , to the point of paranoia, of his portmanteau (Luggage). To amuse himself on the road, Frank teases the traveler (Mr. Morris) that he will abscond with his parcel. This game proves a bad choice.

    Frank arrives at his uncle's estate, and finds it a hedonistic household, consumed, like many of the period's country nobility, with hunting and drink. In fact he is mocked for not overindulging in those pursuits like his five indolent, unintelligent cousins. The only intelligent of the lot is Rashleigh, of whom Frank soon makes a rival and enemy, because of the house's other inmate.

    She is Diana, or Die Vernon, daughter of a presumably dead Jacobite. Sir Hildebrand is her maternal uncle. She is promised in marriage to one of the Osbaldistone cousins, and she must, by that decree, wed one of them or go to a convent.

    Since the oldest boy is a numpty, the main contender for her hand is Rashleigh, who is devilishly intelligent and acts as her tutor. However, Frank our hero soon falls in love with her, and this, along with his discovery of Rashleigh's ungallant behaviour towards her, makes them into bitter enemies. Rashleigh tries to implicate Frank in a robbery, where in Morris's portmanteau was stolen from him. Frank's jest that he will take it almost has him convicted.

    Rashleigh goes to London to Frank's father's service, but proves false hearted. He steals some bonds. This almost causes Mr. Osbaldistone's financial ruin. Frank learns of this from Die, and goes to Scotland to retrieve the money, and to save his name from again being implicated in the robbery. During his voyage there he becomes entangled in historical affairs of the Jacobite rebellion.

    So, what did I think of this classic novel?

    What I liked is that , despite some anachronisms, the novel is firmly planted in historical events. I liked that there was a lot of action, especially towards the ending, and the happy resolution of the novel. I liked the character of Rob Roy, who is more like a cameo appearance, despite the novel bearing his name. I also liked the characters of Nicole Jarvy and Diana.

    Not so with the main character, Frank, who's a bit of a Mary Sue, too perfect, honorable and good, and yet manages to be impetuous, childish and aggravating.

    The action and historical events also get a bit confusing and I sometimes had to reread to understand what exactly was happening, and who was against whom.

    I also loved the fact that a lot of the dialogue is in Scots dialect, with nuisances differentiating between character of different origins, and that every episode starts with a quote, many of them from ballads and folklore.

    All in all it's a nice read, although can be tedious at times.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars there is a reason they call it a classic
    Reviewed in the United States on 14 July 2014
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    This is, of course, a classic adventure as well as a well reserched and copiously footnoted history. The language is sometimes difficult in the Scotch dialect portions, but overall it gives a very satisfying nudge to the old vocabulary. The book is written as a series of adventures and narrow escapes much like an Indiana Jones movie for those who don't read many classics. The ending is a little weak, but that simply affords one a chance to exercise one's own imagination.
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