Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped
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"Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a historical fiction adventure novel first published in 1886. Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's life takes a dark turn when his uncle betrays him, leading to his kidnapping and forced voyage to colonial servitude. After a shipwreck reunites him with Alan Breck Stewart, a fugitive Jacobite, the two become unlikely companions fleeing through the dangerous Scottish Highlands. Set against the turbulent backdrop of 18th-century Scotland, their journey intertwines with real historical events, including a notorious murder that threatens both their lives.
About the author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist and travel writer who abandoned the family trade of lighthouse engineering, then the law, for writing, and spent his life moving in search of a climate his lungs could bear. He wrote the first draft of Jekyll and Hyde in a few days after dreaming it, burned it when his wife objected to it, and wrote it again. He settled finally in Samoa, took the islanders' side against the colonial administration, and died there at forty-four. His books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.