Kidnapped (Annotated): Enriched Edition Including Stevenson´s Biography and Bibliography, 19th Century Chronology

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Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) that tells of the boy David Balfour's pursuit of his inheritance and his alliance with Alan Breck Stewart in the intrigues of Jacobite troubles in Scotland. It was first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, and as a novel in the same year. The narrative is written in English as a boys' novel with some dialogue in Lowland Scots. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. This edition includes: -a biography of the author -a bibliography of the author -a chronology of the major events in the 19th century