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Kidnapped: A Historical Adventure of the Scottish Highlands
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515402329
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Sep 15 2015
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
First published in 1886, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure set in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, following the journey of David Balfour through the Scottish Highlands.
The novel begins with David's departure from his Lowland home to seek his inheritance, only to be betrayed and carried off at sea. Escaping shipwreck on the western coast of Scotland, he encounters Alan Breck Stewart, a fugitive of the Jacobite cause, and the two form an uneasy but enduring alliance. Their passage through the Highlands unfolds against a landscape still marked by political division and cultural tension, giving the narrative both immediacy and historical depth.
Stevenson combines the structure of an adventure tale with careful attention to place, language, and historical circumstance. The movement across regions-Lowland, island, and Highland-serves not only as a physical journey but as an exploration of identity, loyalty, and shifting allegiances in eighteenth-century Scotland. The result is a work that has remained central to both historical fiction and the literature of adventure.
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