Intense thriller made accessible by brilliant narrator

Despite being a Scot myself, I very much doubt that I could have stayed with this novel on paper - there is a vast amount of Scottish dialect to get to grips with! But the narrator is magnificent and opens up the whole story with his renditions of the different characters - the fussy baillie Nichol Jarvie, the young Francis Osbaldiston and his ferociously stern father, beautiful Diana Vernon and Rob Roy himself. It's a marvellous window on Scotland at the time of the Jacobites with King George's redcoats scouring Scotland for supporters of the Stewart kings. The poverty and toughness of the people at that time is fascinating . Also a seriously terrifying villain in Rashley Osbaldiston! It's quite challenging and needs concentration but all credit to the narrator who is terrific.

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Romance, drama, action

Rip roaring action and romance while Britain is riven between Hanovarian and Jacobite factions. Witness the the breathtaking drama if you dare!!!!

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Enjoyable but unexpected

I chose this book after reading Graham Greens Travels with my Aunt in which Scots Rob Roy is regularly quoted.
The story is a fast paced adventure with a curious and not overly likable central character Frank Osbaldeston (not Rob Roy) in fact I began to think I had the wrong book as Rob Roy does not officialy arrive on the scene until over half way through the story. Glad I've read it, hard going at times wlthrough some of the scottish dialect sections but reasonably enjoyable.

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Brilliant reading of the story

The novel was fascinating though it took time to gauge the long winded opening. Patience prevailed and at last the story untangled. The reading and Scottish accents were quite brilliant but sometimes difficult to follow. Walter Scott's character and landscape descriptions we're superb. Neil Behrmann ----author Trader Jack and Jack of Diamonds

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Awesome story, impeccably read

This narrator must also surely be a great actor, so consistent and colourful is he in his characterisation.
Listen carefully to Scott's words for his account hints honestly at the mood of Scotland over the Union in the early 1700s... and shows us the seed from which today's strong, white flower of Scottish Independece blooms.

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A great story

The narrative is wonderful in his command of the various. Scottish accents, sometimes quite difficult to English ears! Apart from that a great story which reflects the faithfulness of those devoted to the Stewart cause.

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A thrilling audiobook once it gets going

It is a little slow to start but stick with it for an extraordinary romp with political asides which have become more relevant today when we have a Scotland once again rebelling against English power. The hero had charm, a poet manque banished by his father to his huntin' and fishin' Northumbrian uncle. The villains are truly villainous, and the chilling end of one of them made my flesh creep. The Scots dialect is worth decoding - it's very often saying the unsayable in polite society. I really liked the mysterious heroine too, And a Rob Roy himself is a character to rival Long John Silver.

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Unintelligible accent

Sean Barrett is my favourite narrator but he does the Scottish accents so well, I can’t understand what is being said. I replayed the chapters over and over but had to give up

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