Dimensions
106 x 171 x 18mm
Introducing a fresh, practical approach to Robert Louis Stevenson's enduring classic -- affordably priced, smartly packaged, and editorially ideal for students and general readers.
When young David Balfour's father dies, he gives his only son a letter leading the boy to his estranged uncle -- little suspecting that this miserly man will steal David's inheritance and arrange for him to be kidnapped, put aboard a ship to the Carolinas, and sold into slavery. But fate intervenes: David finds himself shipwrecked -- and, now penniless. Together with a Jacobite rebel named Alan Breck (a real historical figure), young Balfour travels across the dangerous Scottish Highlands, making his way back home to reclaim his birthright.
This classic tale of high adventure, called by Henry James "Stevenson's best book", is an action-packed 'boy's book' in the vein of Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', as well as a worthy heir to the long tradition of historical romance in the Western canon.
