Kidnapped
About this book
Set in 18th-century Scotland, this adventure novel follows young David Balfour, who is kidnapped and shipwrecked after his uncle cheats him of his inheritance, and his journey home alongside Jacobite fugitive Alan Breck. Suited to readers who enjoy historical adventure fiction.
One note: the 2006 date is a reprint; *Kidnapped* was first published in 1886.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
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