The master of Ballantrae : a winter's tale / Robert Louis Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Absence and presumption of death--Fiction.

Absence and presumption of death.

Inheritance and succession--Fiction.

Inheritance and succession.

Brothers--Fiction.

Brothers.

Revenge--Fiction.

Revenge.

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

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : Floating Press, 1889.

Summary:

The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is one of Stevenson's darker, more political novels. Two brothers are brought into conflict by the Jacobite rising of 1745, which tears their family apart.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter I Summary of Events During this Master's Wanderings; Chapter II Summary of Events (Continued); Chapter III The Master's Wanderings; Chapter IV Persecutions Endured by Mr. Henry; Chapter V Account of All that Passed on the Night on February 27th, 1757; Chapter VI Summary of Events During the Master's Second Absence; Chapter VII Adventure of Chevalier Burke in India; Chapter VIII The Enemy in the House; Chapter IX Mr. Mackellar's Journey with the Master; Chapter X Passages at New York; Chapter XI The Journey in the Wilderness

Chapter XII The Journey in the Wilderness (Continued)Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77556-679-X

OCLC:

476249454