CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS viii

LIST OF MAPS ix

PREFACE X

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS xiii

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF ROB ROY xiv

1 THE OBSCURITY OF CHILDHOOD 1

2 CATTLE RAIDER, CATTLE TRADER 16

3 DOWNFALL 44

4 CHIEFS, PENSIONS AND POLITICIANS 70

5 REBEL 92

6 BURNING HOUSES 124

7 CLIMAX 136

8 DEFIANCE 161

9 HIGHLAND ROGUE 184

10 JACOBITE REBEL TO HANOVERIAN SPY 194

11 OUT OF ORDER 223

12 THEIR FATHER'S SONS 233

13 LIFE AFTER DEATH 268

14 MAN VERSUS MYTH 286

ABBREVIATIONS 297

NOTES 301

INDEX 329

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