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Kidnapped

AuthorRobert Louis Stevenson

NarratorDavid Rintoul

Duration7h 46m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Classics

PublisherNaxos

VersionUnabridged

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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...Kidnapped is a captivating novel set around Scottish events of the 18th century, most notably the 'Appin Murder', the case of a highlander who was wrongly implicated in the shooting of a government official.

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