This beautifully illustrated book edition of Adventures of David Balfour: Kidnapped & Catriona
has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all
devices. Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis
Stevenson written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to
July 1886. The novel is set around 18th-century Scottish events notably the Appin Murder
which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many
of the characters were real people including one of the principals Alan Breck Stewart. The
central character and narrator is a young man named David Balfour. Balfour is young and naive
but resourceful his parents have recently died and he is out to make his way in the world.
One day David founds himself bound hand and foot in the hold of the ship. He was kidnapped
and cast away... Catriona (also known as David Balfour) is a novel written in 1893 as a sequel
to Kidnapped. It tells the further story of the central character David Balfour. The book
begins precisely where Kidnapped ends at 2 PM on 25 August 1751 outside the British Linen
Company in Edinburgh Scotland. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist
poet essayist and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island Kidnapped and
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime Stevenson now
ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.
