by Sir Walter Scott · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140435542
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
Immerse yourself in 18th-century Scotland with 'Rob Roy', a classic novel by Sir Walter Scott. Through the eyes of young Francis Osbaldistone, the reader enters a world of intrigue, rivalry and romance, where the brave Rob Roy MacGregor, chief of the MacGregor clan and an outlaw, becomes the last hope for Francis. In the context of the Jacobite uprising of 1715, the novel intertwines historical facts with the author's imagination, offering an unforgettable portrait of a Scotland on the verge of rebellion.
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.
