Publisher's Synopsis
Contains an 8-page plate section with long-unavailable pictures and drawings relating to Stevenson and Treasure Island. Thoroughly edited and extensively annotated. Includes a 10,000-word section on Robert Louis Stevenson's life and works, with a longer chapter on Treasure Island, anecdotes, critical perspectives, adaptations and spin-offs. Includes an original interview with a distinguished contemporary writer on Stevenson's (or Treasure Island's) influence on his/her work. Lavishly produced on natural, high-quality paper, and affordably priced. One of literature's best-loved adventure stories, Treasure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it for his stepson in 1881 with the claim, 'If this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.'
