Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson

Marc Notes: A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule. Publisher Marketing: Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary. ORG - - If you ever read this tale, you will likely ask yourself more questions than I should care to answer: as for instance how the Appin murder has come to fall in the year 1751, how the Torran rocks have crept so near to Earraid, or why the printed trial is silent as to all that touches David Balfour. These are nuts beyond my ability to crack. But if you tried me on the point of Alan's guilt or innocence, I think I could defend the reading of the text. To this day you will find the tradition of Appin clear in Alan's favour. If you inquire, you may even hear that the descendants of "the other man" who fired the shot are in the country to this day. But that other man's name, inquire as you please, you shall not hear; for the Highlander values a secret for itself and for the congenial exercise of keeping it I might go on for long to justify one point and own another indefensible; it is more honest to confess at once how little I am touched by the desire of accuracy. This is no furniture for the scholar's library, but a book for the winter evening school-room when the tasks are over and the hour for bed draws near; and honest Alan, who was a grim old fire-eater in his day has in this new avatar no more desperate purpose than to steal some young gentleman's attention from his Ovid, carry him awhile into the Highlands and the last century, and pack him to bed with some engaging images to mingle with his dreams. Review Citations: Booklist 10/01/2007 pg. 55 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) School Library Journal 01/01/2008 pg. 151 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) Foreword 11/01/2007 pg. 1 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 404 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) School Library Journal 11/01/2007 pg. 157 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 66 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2008 pg. 64 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 409 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 576 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) School Library Journal 11/01/2007 pg. 157 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 66 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2008 pg. 64 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 409 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 576 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1015 (EAN 9780531169902, Library Binding) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 66 (EAN 9780143039402, Paperback) Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1948 (EAN 9780689865428, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2005 pg. 137 (EAN 9780689865428, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 84 (EAN 9780689865428, Hardcover) School Library Journal 02/01/2000 (EAN 9780001047860, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 122 (EAN 9781905087112, Paperback) School Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 188 (EAN 9789380028521, Paperback) School Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 46 (EAN 9781400145836, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Stevenson, Robert Louis Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson was a prolific Scottish poet and novelist in the 19th century. He was admired by many other authors, and his work includes The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He died in 1894. Contributor Bio:  Stevenson, R L Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, inheriting a love of the sea and adventure from his father and grandfather, both respected lighthouse designers and engineers. He devoted much of his short adult life to writing, yet only achieved widespread acceptance as a great writer in relatively recent times. Classics such as Treasure Island and Kidnapped have ensured that Stevenson is today the 25th most translated writer in the world. Despite persistent ill health, Stevenson travelled widely, often writing while abroad. He died in 1894, from tuberculosis, aged just 44.