There's not a lot of pictorial evidence from the Highlands, because only the very wealthy had their portraits painted - but there is one well-known painting of the two sons of the Duke of Argyll, wearing tartan.

If you're going to have more than one person read your book, they're going to have totally different opinions and responses. No person - no two people - read the same book.

'Rob Roy' was a great adaptation. It was a lot better than 'Braveheart.'

I learned just recently, in fact, that a lot of people who read do not form a visual image from what they're reading. They just don't. They follow the events and get the resonance with the language, but they have only a vague, general idea of what the characters look like.

My husband gets up at around 5.30 A.M., so I'll tuck him in around 9.30 P.M. or 10 P.M., and then I'll go and lie down on the couch with a book and my two dachshunds.

It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success.