Name: Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour In the Year 1751
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Author: Rhead, Louis ; Stevenson, Robert Louis
ISBN: 9781542989398

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Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour In the Year 1751

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by

Louis Rhead

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

236

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781542989398

Synopsis "Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour In the Year 1751"

Kidnapped is an historical fiction adventure novel that has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. The book was well received while Stevenson was alive, but after his death many viewed it with scepticism, but by the mid-20th century, however, it had regained critical approval and study. A sequel to Kidnapped was published in 1893 called "Catriona".

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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