Kidnapped & Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson
A novel that revolves around the friendship of two central characters David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite and their differences.The real life adventures of author Robert Louis Stevenson rival those of his famous fictional characters. Born into a strictly religious, middle-class Edinburgh family, he later rebelled and refused to follow his father into the lighthouse construction business, opting instead for a literary career and marriage to Fanny, the love of his life and a crack-shot American divorcee. His travels took him to France, America and the South Pacific. Stevenson was an atheist and free spirit - in Samoa, where he died, he fought in a civil war for independence. In 1886, the blockbuster novel Kidnapped was published - a dramatic adventure of abduction and life on the run in the wilds of Scotland. Stevenson died in 1894, just 44 years old. The people of Samoa cut a track through the jungle to create a resting place for him on top of the mountain above his beloved Vailima estate.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781846970337 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846970334 |
| Title | Kidnapped & Catriona |
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2007-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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