Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped. (Annotated) Robert Louis Stevenson

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Kidnapped. by Robert Louis Stevenson. Deceived by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, the young David Balfour is kidnapped and heads to America. Or at least that was the plan, until the ship got into trouble and Alan Breck Stewart, a Jacobite fugitive and, by his own admission, rescued David, a "bonny fighter". A cunning lowland Balfour finds an echo of a more savage and romantic being in Alan Breck's willful and brave highland spirit. A strange and difficult friendship is born as their adventures begin. Kidnapped has become a classic of historical romance around the world and is justly famous as a travel and adventure novel in the Scottish landscape. Stevenson's vivid descriptive powers were never better than in his account of remote places and dangerous actions in the Highlands in the years after Culloden."A story of insanity and little adventure, the Kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson has captivated generations of readers since its first publication in 1886. A book for thrill seekers of all ages, this game through Jacobite Scotland is a true classic " Sunday Herald 'A delicately balanced, expertly controlled book, well focused and written with warm irony. It is perhaps the best of Stevenson's novels.