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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.
The Master of Ballantrae: Directed by William Keighley. With Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell. Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune.
English. Box office. $2 million (US rentals) [1] 1,814,822 admissions (France) [2] The Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Roger Livesey. It is a loose and highly truncated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 novel of the same name.
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.
Complete summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Master of Ballantrae.
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.
Summaries. Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune. Buckle on your swashes for this swashbuckling adventure with a highlander who fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie who, after various escapades, becomes a pirate.
