{"product_id":"catriona-a-sequel-to-kidnapped-being-memoirs-of-the-further-adventures-of-david-balfour-at-home-and-abroad-9781646794010","title":"Catriona: A Sequel to Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A good conscience is eight parts of courage.\" -Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatriona: A Sequel to \"Kidnapped-Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad\" (1892) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a companion volume to the author's classic Kidnapped. But it falls more into the category of \"historical romance\" than its predecessor. Unlike the daring adventures of Kidnapped, Stevenson here attempts to rely instead on building strong characters and a complex plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatriona picks up where its prequel ended-at 2 pm on August 25, 1751. It begins as the hero David Balfour, is setting off to win justice for a friend who has been falsely arrested. While not successful in freeing his friend, David's efforts lead him to Catriona and a series of adventures around Europe and involve them in the continental politics of their generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStevenson, Robert Louis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894), Scottish writer and poet, was born in Edinburgh to a prosperous family of engineers, but gave up the family profession first for law and then for literature. Among his prodigious output as a writer are: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879), Treasure Island (1883), The Black Arrow (1884), A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Kidnapped (1886), and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382758805778,"sku":"9781646794010","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11351581-1c98-4e53-8892-098952d5b2ab.jpg?v=1728716699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/catriona-a-sequel-to-kidnapped-being-memoirs-of-the-further-adventures-of-david-balfour-at-home-and-abroad-9781646794010","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}