Overview
A stirring adventure and classic coming-of-age story set around 18th- century Scottish events.
When young David Balfour is orphaned he discovers some surprising truths about his family. His meeting with his uncle Ebenezer turns out to have disastrous consequences leading to kidnap and imprisonment on board a ship bound for the Carolinas. However, the voyage is full of incident and after violent conflict and a shipwreck, David finds himself in a daredevil chase across the Scottish Highlands in the company of the irrepressible warrior Alan Breck Stewart.
Reviews
"It stands as one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most compelling works . . . a novel you want to press on people, knowing they’ll love it." —Ian Rankin, author, Resurrection Men