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Title	:	Kidnapped (David Balfour #1)
Author	:	Robert Louis Stevenson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2002 by Scholastic Paperbacks (first published 1886)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Adventure. Historical. Historical Fiction

Kidnapped (David Balfour #1) Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

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Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for America. Or at least that was the plan, until the ship runs into trouble and David is rescued by Alan Breck Stewart, fugitive Jacobite and, by his own admission, a ‘bonny fighter’. Balfour, a canny lowlander, finds an echo of some wilder and more romantic self in the wilful and courageous Highland spirit of Alan Breck. A strange and difficult friendship is born, as their adventures begin.

Kidnapped has become a classic of historical romance the world over and is justly famous as a novel of travel and adventure in the Scottish landscape. Stevenson’s vivid descriptive powers were never better than in his account of remote places and dangerous action in the Highlands in the years after Culloden.

‘A cracking tale of low skulduggery and high adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped has enthralled generations of readers since its first publication in 1886. A book for thrill-seekers of all ages, this romp through Jacobite Scotland is a true classic.’ Sunday Herald

‘A delicately balanced book, expertly controlled, sharply focused, and written with an affectionate irony. It is perhaps the finest of Stevenson’s novels.’ Jenni Calder

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Original Title:	Kidnapped
ISBN:	0439295785 (ISBN13: 9780439295789)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	David Balfour #1
Characters:	David Balfour, Alan Breck Stewart, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, Colin Campbell of Glenure, Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, James Stewart of the Glen
Setting:	Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland Highlands and Islands, Scotland,1751 …more Scotland,1751 Essendean,1751 Queensferry,1751 Torran Rocks,1751 Erraid, Scotland,1751 Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland Isle of Mull, Scotland Torosay Morvern, Lochaber, Scotland Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland,1751 Glen Duror, Scotland,1751 …less

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A young David Balfour didn't expect to be kidnapped when he sought his Scottish kin at the bleak and isolated house of Shaws. Much preferred the first half of the novel, life aboard the vessel Covenant and Davids interactions with an unscrupulous crew.Whilst I did enjoy this swashbuckling adventure I have to admit that I far preferred the more convoluted Master of Ballantrae.Read the free edition without any issues.

Never knew the novel was intertwined with a historical event, the Appen Murder of 1752. "A word once spoken, who can recapture it?""What makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow? Deed, and I don't, know. For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarreled; -- and now I like ye better!"

"Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?""'Deed and I don't know," said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled--and now I like ye better!"Historical fiction, an adventure story, but also a great "buddy story". The plot follows young David, who is cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle, and kidnapped into servitude on a sailing ship. The ship hits a small boat during a fog and picks up

An adventure novel "old age" with a classical writing, notions of honor clan and family names, pirates and benefactors, grounding, a grueling walk in the heather of Scotland and a young boy who becomes man. A map of Scotland and the different clans involved would have been welcome in book publishing ... but follow the adventures of David Balfour, not always smart, was pleasant.

Swashbuckling fun, but the problem I have with this rereading it as an adult is the same as reading The Black Arrow. Stevenson manages to be both engaging and silly - sometimes at the same moment, but luckily the human brain is capable of multi-tasking even in the middle of a paragraph.Isn't the relationship between Alexander and Ebenezer Balfour which drives the narrative too ridiculous? The elder brother giving up his inheritance and becoming an out of luck village teacher is one thing and



There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.I guess Im just not going to be a big fan of Robert Louis Stevenson, which is a shame since he wrote classic adventure-filled maritime fiction. As with Treasure Island, the beginning promised more than what was delivered, although Kidnapped ended up being the better of the two because of the satisfying ending.I liked the first half more than the