Kidnapped (Essential Classics)

Kidnapped was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. Set in Scotland in 1751, it tells the story of David Balfour, a newly orphaned young boy cheated out of his inheritance by his uncle and kidnapped. Then, amid conflict between the Jacobites and the supporters of King George II, David is falsely accused of murder and must flee for his life! This title is part of a wonderful new series that offers a quick way into a range of exciting stories. Fast-moving and accessible, each story is a shortened, dramatically illustrated version of the classic novel, which loses none of the strength and flavour of the original. Retold rather than abridged.