Kidnapped : being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751 : how he was kidnapped and cast away : his sufferings in a desert isle : his journey in the wild Highlands : his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites : with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called / written by himself, and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson ; with a preface by Mrs. Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure stories.

Scotland--History--18th century--Fiction.

Scotland.

History.

Genre:

Adventure stories.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xiv, 312 pages : folded maps ; 18 cm

Edition:

Biographical edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

Summary:

A memoir of David Balfour in the year 1751. Young Balfour is cheated of his inheritance by his malicious Uncle Ebenezer who has him kidnapped and put on a ship bound for the Carolinas. The ship runs into a small boat in the fog. Only one man is rescued from the smaller vessel, Alan Breck a Scotsman returning from political exile in France. Balfour and Breck are thrown together on their voyage which includes shipwreck, murder, flight and intrigue.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift: R. Scattergood, 1988.

OCLC:

9030417