‘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 SmithIt 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.


Format Inbunden Omfång 352 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Scotland Street Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-06-01 ISBN 9781910895764