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Kidnapped is a 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. [1]
how he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with alan breck stewart and other notorious highland jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, ebenezer balfour of shaws, falsely so called written by himself and now set forth by robert louis stevenson
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Suddenly sensing foul play, he shouts for help and is knocked unconscious – he has been kidnapped! Realizing Ebenezer means to cheat him of his rightful inheritance, David learns from the ship’s crew that he is to be sold into slavery in the Carolina plantations.
Kidnapped is an adventure novel by Scottish-born author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. Set in Scotland in the year 1751, it centers on the daring exploits of 17-year-old David Balfour, whose villainous uncle has him kidnapped to steal his inheritance.
Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for America. Or at least that was the plan, until the ship runs into trouble and David is rescued by Alan Breck Stewart, fugitive Jacobite and, by his own admission, a ‘bonny fighter’.
Feb 13, 2018 · Author. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Illustrator. Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945. Title. Kidnapped (Illustrated) Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. Credits. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online.
Spirited, romantic, and full of danger, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic of high adventure. Beloved by generations, it is the saga of David Balfour, a young heir whose greedy...
Tricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds himself fleeing for his life in the dangerous company of Jacobite outlaw and...
