Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Kidnapped : the adventures of David Balfour / Robert Louis Stevenson ; illustrations by Frank Godwin ; afterword by Henry James. - Reader's digest ed. - Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c1986. - 222 pages ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - The World's best reading .

"Contains the complete text of ... first published in 1886"--T.p. verso.

A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

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Kidnapping--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.


Scotland--History--Fiction.--18th century
Scotland--History--Fiction.--18th century


Historical fiction.

PR5484 / .K5 1986

823/.8 Fic