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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is an 1889 novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. He worked on the book in Tautira after his health was restored.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- 1889
The Master of Ballantrae – A Winter’s Tale, 1889. Summary. The Master of Ballantrae begins in 1745 and is narrated by Mackellar, the loyal, often meddling steward to the respected Durie of Durisdeer family. The family consists of the old Lord and his two sons, James (the eldest son and Master of Ballantrae) and Lord Henry.
Robert Louis Stevenson called "The Master Of Ballantrae" as containing everything he knew of the Devil. And that is a completely justified way to describe this novel, even as Stevenson already was no stranger to the constant and, on occasion, even omnipresent presence of the Devil or the Enemy within the soul of a man.
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Mar 1, 1997 · Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894: Title: The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale Credits: David Price Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Historical fiction Subject: Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction Subject: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Subject: Revenge -- Fiction ...
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
- English
- David Price
- The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
The Master of Ballantrae, novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, first serialized in Scribner’s Magazine in 1888–89 and published in book form in 1889. The novel provides another example of the moral ambiguity Stevenson had explored earlier in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Ballantrae is bold.
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Mar 26, 1997 · This was the Master of Ballantrae, my Lord Durrisdeer’s son, a young nobleman of the rarest gallantry and parts, and equally designed by nature to adorn a Court and to reap laurels in the field. Our meeting was the more welcome to both, as he was one of the few Scots who had used the Irish with consideration, and as he might now be of very ...
Summary. Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer.
