‘A combination of all that is best in memoir, biography and history.’ – Caroline Moorehead
'In this remarkable book... Jauncey has performed the great service of reminding us of a wonderful figure from Scotland’s recent history.' – Alexander McCall Smith
It would be impossible to invent Don Roberto today – a fantastic combination of Don Quixote and Sir Gawain, Indiana Jones and the Lone Ranger. He was so multi-faceted, so complex, that every chapter in his story reveals some new and contradictory aspect of his personality. He is best known as the co-founder, with Keir Hardie, of the Scottish Labour Party, and later as the founding president of the Scottish National Party. But in a long and extraordinary life he was many other things besides.
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"A wonderful biography."
" - Sunday Times
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"I know him better and admire him more after reading this biography ..."
" - The Scotsman
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"A combination of all that is best in biography, memoir and history."
" - Historian and Biographer
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"Just finished reading this exhilarating and revealing study of Don Roberto's extraordinary life."
" - Scottish National Party
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"… [a] fine portrait of one of the most fascinating Scots of his era."
" - Books From Scotland
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"A terrific book, beautifully pitched ..."
" - University of Glasgow
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"... a rich and rewarding canter through family memory, cultural history, and political and literary biography ..."
" - Bella Caledonia
