Cover art for Kidnapped
Published
Vintage Classics, June 2009
ISBN
9780099518969
Format
Softcover, 336 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 2.1cm

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When young David Balfour is orphaned he discovers some surprising truths about his family. His meeting with his uncle Ebenezer turns out to have disastrous consequences leading to kidnap and imprisonment on board a ship bound for the Carolinas. However, the voyage is full of incident and after violent conflict and a shipwreck, David finds himself in a daredevil chase across the Scottish Highlands in the company of the irrepressible warrior Alan Breck Stewart...

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