{"product_id":"kidnapped-9780199674213","title":"Kidnapped","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer's, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds himself fleeing for his life in the dangerous company of Jacobite outlaw and suspected assassin Alan Breck Stewart. Their unlikely friendship is put to the test as they dodge government troops across the Scottish Highlands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the aftermath of the 1745 rebellion, \u003cem\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/em\u003e transforms the Romantic historical novel into the modern thriller. Its heart-stopping scenes of cross-country pursuit, distilled to a pure intensity in Stevenson's prose, have become a staple of adventure stories from John Buchan to Alfred Hitchcock and Ian Fleming. \u003cem\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/em\u003e remains as exhilarating today as when it was first published in 1886. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition is based on the 1895 text, incorporating Stevenson's last thoughts about the novel before his death. It includes Stevenson's 'Note to Kidnapped', reprinted for the first time since 1922. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series: \u003c\/strong\u003e For over 100 years \u003cstrong\u003eOxford World's Classics \u003c\/strong\u003ehas made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan Duncan\u003c\/strong\u003e has written widely on Scottish literature. His books include Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (Princeton UP, 2007) and The Edinburgh Companion to James Hogg (with Douglas S. Mack) (Edinburgh UP, 2012). For Oxford World's Classics he has edited Doyle's The Lost World, Scott's Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and Travel Writing 1700-1830 (with Elizabeth Bohls).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652105244946,"sku":"9780199674213","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af97ec70-bb8a-44cb-a6d7-3a8a4ef83518.jpg?v=1748516937","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kidnapped-9780199674213","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}