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Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Description for Kidnapped
Paperback. Set in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, Kidnapped is a thrilling adventure story in which young David Balfour flees for his life across the Scottish Highlands in the company of the rebel Alan Breck Stewart. This is a new edition of a key work of 19th-century fiction and Scottish literature, with critical introduction and notes. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FC; FJH; YFA; YFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
'Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer's, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.' Tricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds himself fleeing for his life in the dangerous company of Jacobite outlaw and suspected assassin Alan Breck Stewart. Their unlikely friendship is put to the test as they dodge government troops across the Scottish Highlands. Set in the aftermath of the 1745 rebellion, Kidnapped transforms the Romantic historical novel into the modern thriller. Its heart-stopping scenes ... Read more
'Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer's, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.' Tricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds himself fleeing for his life in the dangerous company of Jacobite outlaw and suspected assassin Alan Breck Stewart. Their unlikely friendship is put to the test as they dodge government troops across the Scottish Highlands. Set in the aftermath of the 1745 rebellion, Kidnapped transforms the Romantic historical novel into the modern thriller. Its heart-stopping scenes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
182g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199674213
SKU
V9780199674213
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About Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis StevensonIan Duncan, Professor of English, University of California, BerkeleyContributors: Ian Duncan has written widely on Scottish literature. His books include Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (Princeton UP, 2007) and The Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg (with Douglas S. Mack) (Edinburgh UP, 2012). For Oxford World's Classics he has edited Doyle's The Lost World, ... Read more
Reviews for Kidnapped
the introductory essay ... is remarkably and enjoyably full, a little masterpiece of concision that will reward those coming to the novel for the first time, and those for whom it is an old friend.
The Bottle Imp, Ian Duncan
The Bottle Imp, Ian Duncan