Kidnapped (Illustrated): Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Kidnapped (Illustrated): Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Kidnapped (Illustrated): Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894).
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"Kidnapped (Illustrated)" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a historical fiction adventure novel written in 1886. Seventeen-year-old David Balfour journeys to claim his inheritance, only to be betrayed by his uncle and sold into slavery aboard a ship bound for the American colonies. After a shipwreck throws him together with the fugitive Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart, David finds himself caught up in political intrigue and accused of murder in the dangerous Scottish Highlands of 1751.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Kidnapped (Illustrated): Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
- Author credits: Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
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- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Historical Novels
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