| Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 Contributor(s): Stevenson (Introduction by), Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534867597 ISBN-13: 9781534867598 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.01" W x 10" (0.64 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kidnapped Being Memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751 by Robert Louis Stevenson with a preface by Mrs. Stevenson CLASSIC LITERATURE Complete Edition Kidnapped is an historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893. Kidnapped is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder," which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745; Many of the characters were real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. |