Death Rides a Chestnut Mare vs Rob Roy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Outlaws, Historical Fiction, Fiction
Death Rides a Chestnut Mare
In the aftermath of the Civil War, a blacksmith from Missouri decides to travel to Texas to purchase a cattle herd. He hopes to sell the herd up north and turn a profit for his family to live on. However, the blacksmith…
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Rob Roy
“You have requested me, my dear friend, to bestow some of that leisure with which Providence has blessed the decline of my life in registering the hazards and difficulties which attended its commencement.”
A historical novel first published in 1817, this was one of the first popular novels to attempt the use of regional dialect, in this case both Scottish highland and lowland dialects with a glossary of Scottish words.…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Death Rides a Chestnut Mare highest: Death Rides a Chestnut Mare 4.1 · Rob Roy 3.7.
- Rob Roy has the widest readership — 10469 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Death Rides a Chestnut Mare | Rob Roy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (475) | 3.7 (10469) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (3) | 3.4 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (91) | — |
Reception
| Death Rides a Chestnut Mare | Rob Roy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 475 | 10469 |
| Editions | 2 | 380 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 303 | 13376 |
| Reading it now | 34 | 501 |
| Written reviews | 50 | 530 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 2647 |
| Pages | 320 | — |