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Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was born and educated in Edinburgh. From 1799 until his death he was Sheriff of Selkirkshire. Scott's poetry brought him great acclaim, but he rejected the Poet Laureateship in 1813 and turned towards ficiton, devising a new form that was to dominate the early 19th century novel. He became a baronet in 1820.
Scott's wonderful romantic adventure is set on the eve of the Jacobite rising of 1715 and draws on social and cultural contrasts to examine the nature of political change and the part that individuals play in the events of history. Francis Osbaldistone is in thrall to his beautiful cousin, Diana Vernon, and pitted against another relative, the villainous Rashleigh Osbaldiston, in a swashbuckling tale which has rarely been matched for suspense and narrative daring. It also includes one of the enduring literary portrayals of heroism, in the shape of the dour, enigmatic outlaws, Rob Roy MacGregor, and proves that you don't have to see a movie to be excited, amused, scared and entertained! (Kirkus UK)
