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David Balfour, der Held dieser Erzählung, verliert noch vor seinem achtzehnten Lebensjahr beide Eltern und empfängt als einziges Erbe einen an seinen Oheim gerichteten, versiegelten Brief. Dieser wird ihm von dem Pfarrer in Essendean ausgehändigt. Als David ihn abliefern will, entdeckt er, dass sein Oheim als kinderloser Geizhals auf dem Gut Shaw haust. Er wird von ihm unfreundlich aufgenommen und nach einem vergeblichen Anschlag auf sein Leben an Bord der Brigg Convenant gelockt. Er soll zur Zwangsarbeit auf die Plantagen in Carolinen verkauft werden.

Explore the extraordinary life of Dr. Elsie Inglis, a pioneering physician and suffragist from the late 19th and early 20th century. Dr. Inglis, defying societal norms, opened a hospice in Edinburgh dedicated to impoverished women and children. She played a pivotal role in Scotlands womens suffrage movement and during World War I, she established the Scottish Womens Hospitals. Going against all odds, she sent 14 teams to set up field hospitals in Belgium, France, Serbia, and Russia. Captured in Serbia while tending to the wounded, she was eventually repatriated. This biography, crafted shortly...

When the naive David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape - until, that is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highlander, Alan Breck....

Young David Balfour is cheated out of his inheritance by his uncle, who then has him kidnapped and forced into servitude on a sailing ship bound for a long voyage. What follows is one of the most spellbinding stories ever written.

Catriona, first published in 1893, is the sequel to Kidnapped and continues the adventures of David Balfour and his friend Alan Breck. Balfour returns to the city in order to defend Breck against false charges in the Appin murder. In so doing, he becomes a pawn in a game between feuding Scottish clans; he also sets eyes on a young woman whose involvement in the same matter becomes as central to his actions as his desire to vindicate his comrade in arms.

Spirited, romantic, and full of danger, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic of high adventure. Beloved by generations, it is the saga of David Balfour, a young heir whose greedy uncle connives to do him out of his inherited fortune and plots to have him seized and sold into slavery. But honor, loyalty, and courage are rewarded.

Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands...

The attempt at murder failed. Risking everything to keep young David Balfour from his just inheritance, his wicked uncle has him kidnapped - comdemning his nephew to seven long years of slavery in the Carolinas. However, on the way, David runs into one of the greatest characters in English Literature: Alan Breck Stuart. These two heroes band together, and before he knows it, David finds himself embroiled in political intrigues that chase him across the wild Scottish Highlands.

Set in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Kidnapped (1886) sustains a gripping narrative. It is told by David Balfour, a young Whig and Lowlander, who is tracked by his miserly uncle, survives attempted murder, kidnap and shipwreck and, in the company of Alan Breck, a Jacobite, escapes through the Highlands.

After his father dies, David Balfour is told to go to his uncle for his inheritance. But the uncle has no intention of letting the riches go - so he plots to kill Balfour, ultimately arranging for him to be kidnapped as a slave bound for the American colonies. Balfour's future looks bleak - until he witnesses a shipwreck and befriends the lone survivor, a rugged Highlander named Alan Breck Stewart. Together, they plan their rebellion - and the fight back home to claim Balfour's inheritance.

In the sequel to Kidnapped, David Balfour's story continues as he becomes further caught up in the political conspiracy of the "Appin Case." He must defend himself and James Stewart of the Appin murder; not an easy task because the Campbells want James Stewart to hang.

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