Rob Roy is an 1817 historical novel by Walter Scott and is one of the Waverley novels. It is probably set in 1715, the year of the first Jacobite rising, and the social and economic …

A fast-paced and chaotic novel, Rob Roy vividly depicts the forms of strife and happiness that were unique to eighteenth-century England and Scotland. Though a revolt breaks out at its …

Set in the Scottish Highlands at the beginning of the 18th century, the book explores the life of its protagonist, Robert Roy MacGregor, a romantic and charismatic Highlander who becomes …

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 …

“Rob Roy,” a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, is set in the tumultuous landscape of 18th-century Scotland. Known for its vivid portrayal of Highland life and its complex characters, this …

Nov 21, 2023 · Rob Roy, the novel, is about the important social and economic events in Scotland around the time of the Jacobite uprisings of 1715. The narrator, Frank Osbaldistone, sets off …

Aug 14, 2024 · The story is set immediately before the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and follows the narrator, an English merchant, to Scotland in pursuit of a debt. Here he encounters Rob Roy …

The story covers the adventures of a merchant's son, Frank Osbaldistone, who visits Scotland to get back the stolen money of his father Rob Roy, whom the book is named after. The story …

As for Old Mortality, there is a good summary of Rob Roy in the Walter Scott Digital Archive. “Rob Roy is set against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, which aimed to restore the …

Rob Roy was Scott's popular adventure novel, considered the magnus opus of his Waverley novels, published in 1817. It is considered a quintessential work in the genre of Romanticism, …