Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped’ is an historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in the magazine Young Folks in 1886. The story 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 political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically.