The Hunt for Rob Roy: The Man and the Myths

by David Stevenson

Book Overview

This is the first time that Rob Roy's life has been written with a full range of sources. The picture that emerges is indeed striking, but not heroic. A man deeply wronged and oppressed, forced into outlawry, has to be modified by the clear evidence that he was only outlawed after undertaking a careful plan to swindle his creditors. The staunch Jacobite is revealed as a man who supplied intelligence to the government against them, the supposed warrior-leader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780273789
• ISBN13: 9781780273785
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"