Quote Originally Posted by Deasan View Post
Hi Gents,
On a literary note, ... recently David Stevenson has published The Hunt For Rob Roy: The Man and the Myths, which represents the first academic biography of this character to appear in print.
Le deagh dhurachd,
Deasan
If this is the book that I think it is- just came out about 2001 or 2?- it was reviewed by one of our Council Members in the Clan Gregor Society who found it to be quite lacking: highly inaccurate in more than a few places to be precise, and generally gave it a very poor review, well written though it may be (well researched is another story all together apparently). And this review comes from one with an extensive knowledge of MacGregor history and access to many of the official documents etc.

This is not to say it's not worth reading, but you should be aware that it is not to be held necessarily as the final word on Rob Roy... For more info you could drop over to the MacGregor website/message board ( http://disc.server.com/Indices/25102.html ) and post a question to our Chairman, Professor Richard MacGregor, or practically anyone else on the board for that matter.