Publisher's Synopsis

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

- Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped


Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a coming-of-age novel that recounts the adventures of a teenager named David Balfour during the Jacobite Rebellions in 18th century Scotland. Following his father's death, David reaches out to an uncle, who betrays his nephew and sells him to a slave-trader headed for America. David's rescue from the slave ship by a Jacobite refugee starts David on a series of adventures that ensure his passage into manhood.

Book information

ISBN: 9781646793990
Publisher: Cosimo
Imprint: Cosimo Classics
DEWEY: FIC
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 249g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 11mm