Rob Roy a fraud?

That's what a new book is about to say. The font of Scottish nationalism is revealed as a British spy (he sold secrets to the Government during the Jacobite revolt of 1715) and a swindler (caught attempting to hide assets and fraudulently declare bankrupcy). The author, Dr. David Stevenson of St. Andrew's University, told Scotland on Sunday this past weekend: I have found evidence that he was selling intelligence to the chief of the Hanoverian army in Scotland. This is typical of Rob Roy. He sells himself as a Jacobite, but at the same time he was selling information to the government ... I was surprised at the extent of his double dealing and criminality. He encouraged comparisons with the Robin Hood myth. He was a confidence trickster and was very clever at getting people to take his side. He sells himself as the little man being done down by the powerful.

Yikes. Good luck to Dr. Stephenson next time he drops by the local for a pint.