Having fallen into disgrace with his busnessman father, Francis Osbaldistone is banished to Scotland with the hope that the impetuous young man might mend his ways. But the political situation he finds is as turbulent and wild as the land itself. Against the backdrop of the Jacobite uprising, Frank finds himself drawn to the noble and charismatic outlaw Robert Roy MacGregor, whose daring and courangeous exploits on behalf of the Scottish has earned him the reputation as the Robin Hood of the Highlands.