by Walter Scott · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140621761
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«Rob Roy» is the historical novel by Walter Scott, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (512 pages, in English).
Before the Jacobite rising of 1715, Francis Osbaldistone, after arguing with his father, becomes embroiled in the conspiracies of his cousin Rashleigh. To protect his fortune, he turns to Rob Roy MacGregor, the legendary outlaw of the Scottish Highlands. A story of intrigue, romance and adventure.
Rob Roy was originally published in 1817; this edition, from the Penguin Popular Classics collection, appeared in June 1995.
Ideal for readers of historical and adventure fiction, as well as for those approaching nineteenth-century classics.
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814–1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. He is also known for his narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He greatly influenced European and American literature.
