Kidnapped - Macmillan Collectors Library
Robert Louis Stevenson

Reprint

Hardback (13 May 2021)


Publishers Synopsis

Robert Louis Stevensons classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue.

Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Louise Welsh and features black and white illustrations.

Headstrong David Balfour, orphaned at seventeen, sets out from the Scottish Lowlands to seek his fortune in Edinburgh. Betrayed by his wealthy Uncle Ebenezer, he is carried away to sea to be sold into slavery in the Carolinas. On board, he secures a timely alliance with Jacobite adventurer Alan Breck, and together they make an epic escape across the western Highlands. Inspired by real events, Kidnapped is a swashbuckling adventure of bizarre encounters, political assassination and wild carousings with Robert Louis Stevensons unique counterpoint of low morals and high comedy threaded throughout.


Book information

ISBN: 9781529048728
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan Collectors Library
Pub date: 13 May 2021
Edition: Reprint
DEWEY: 823.8
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 180g
Height: 102mm
Width: 157mm
Spine width: 19mm