Kidnapped - Hardcover
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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. Kidnapped is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The main character and narrator is 17-year-old David Balfour. His parents have recently died, and he is out to make his way in the world. He is given a letter by a family friend, a minister of Essendean named Mr. Campbell, to be delivered to his family's ancestral estate, the House of Shaws in Cramond. David hopes that the letter will allow him to obtain financial assistance from his only living relative - his uncle Ebenezer.
Stevenson) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is
best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses. Born and educated in Edinburgh,
Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life but
continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor
health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement
from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of
whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.
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