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Kidnapped

  • Hardback
  • 188 pages
  • Publisher: North Parade Publishing
  • 15.5 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm

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For young readers who love adventure stories.

Kidnapped sparks imagination and teaches history.

You’ll explore bravery and friendship in Scotland.

Join young David Balfour on an exciting adventure through 18th-century Scotland in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale, "Kidnapped," filled with real characters and thrilling events.

Kidnapped is an 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. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893. Kidnapped is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745; Many of the characters were real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically
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  • Title

    Kidnapped

  • Author

    Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    North Parade Publishing

  • Published

    July 2017

  • Recommended for Ages

    from 7 years

  • Weight

    480g

  • Page Count

    188

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781786902160

  • ISBN-10

    1786902168

  • Eden Code

    6500168