Rob Roy Macgregor: His Life And Times by Wh Murray
Rob Roy MacGregor, Scotland's most romantic, elusive hero, was an outlaw and a life-long enemy of Montrose. Murray brings together new interpretations of Rob Roy's life and times to produce a new understanding of the character, actions and motives of a man who became a myth and symbol of Scotland.
W.H.Murray, a Scotsman by birth, is the author of over twenty books, amongthem some of the finest contributions of modern times to the literatureof mountain travel and exploration, at home and abroad. His worksinclude The Story of Everest (1953), Maelstrom (1962), and The Islands of Western Scotland(1974). His awards include an honorary doctorate from the University ofStirling (1975), the OBE (1966), and the Mungo Park Medal of the RSGS(1950), the latter for exploratory travel in the central Himalaya. In1951, Murray was deputy leader of the Mount Everest expedition which discovered the route to the summit.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780862415389 |
| ISBN 10 | 0862415381 |
| Title | Rob Roy Macgregor: His Life And Times |
| Author | Wh Murray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2000-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 322 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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