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Caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, young Dick Shelton's loyalties are torn between a guardian who betrays him and the leader of the secret fellowship, "The Black Arrow." The Houses of York and Lancaster are locked in a brutal struggle for England's crown and the fate of the kingdom is at stake. Shelton finds himself entangled in the conspiracy. In order to survive he must distinguish friend from foe and confront the tests of wa...

The Wrong Box is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's strangest works. Written with his stepson Lloyd Osborne, it is a masterpiece of black comedy, turning on mistaken identity, the disappearance of a corpse, and several makeshift coffins. V. S. Pritchett described it as "a farce that slips down the throat with the nicety of an oyster, " and, according to E. F. Benson, it is "perhaps the most superb extravaganza in the language." In this intriguing...

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Stevenson's brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising, one family finds itself tragically divided. Stevenson's remarkably v...

In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double demonstration of Stevenson's ability to satisfy the highest critical standards and at the same time remain compulsively entertaining. With ...

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.

That blow was the last of the battle. Once out upon the road, Black Dog, in spite of his wound, showed a wonderful clean pair of heels and disappeared over the edge of the hill in half a minute. The captain, for his part, stood staring at the signboard like a bewildered man. Then he passed his hand over his eyes several times and at last turned back into the house. "Jim, " says he, "rum", and as he spoke, he reeled a little, and caught himself...

The political situation of the time is portrayed from different viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. If you ever read this tale, you will likely ask yourself more questions than I should care to answer: as for instance how the Appin murder has come to fall in the year 1751, how the Torran rocks have crept so near to Earraid, or why the printed trial is silent as to all that touches David Balfour. These are nuts...

An express had gone through the hamlet half an hour before, and drunk a pot of ale in the saddle, not daring to dismount for the hurry of his errand, but he had been ignorant himself of what was forward, and only bore sealed letters from Sir Daniel Brackley to Sir Oliver Oates, the parson, who kept the Moat House in the master's absence. But now there was the noise of a horse, and soon, out of the edge of the wood and over the echoing bridge, ...

I never heard you talk so much nonsense, Loudon, " said the host. "Well, it seemed to me there was sulfur in the air, so I talked for talking, " returned the other. "But it was none of it nonsense." "Do you mean to say it was true?" cried Havens, -- "that about the opium and the wreck, and the blackmailing and the man who became your friend?" "Every last word of it, " said Loudon. "You seem to have been seeing life, " returned the other. "Yes,...

During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him and that was but a small part of what he actually did. Although of a placid temper in ordinary circumstances and accustomed to take the world with as much philosophy as any ploughman, the Prince of Bohemia was not...

The scene of this little book is on a high mountain. There are, indeed, many higher, there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter, but to one who lives upon its sides, Mount Saint Helena soon becomes a center of interest. It is the Mont Blanc of one section of the Californian Coast Range, none of its near neighbors rising to one-half its altitude. It looks down on much green, intricate country....

The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding in the bones, deadly nausea, and a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth or death. Then these agonies began swiftly to subside, and I came to myself as if out of a great sickness. There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet. I felt younger, lighter, happier in body, within I was conscious of a head...

David Balfour has never had an adventure. He has never spent a night camping in the Scottish Highlands. He has never sailed the high seas. He has never fought in a battle. In fact David Balfour has never even left home. All he knows is a quiet country life. All this changes after the death of his parents. He suddenly learns that he, David Balfour, is a man of wealth and standing, and that he is not destined for a simple life after all. All he...

Die Stevensons auf Samoa: Das bewegende Zeugnis eines realen Abenteuers - und einer außergewöhnlichen Ehe "Unser zwölfter Hochzeitstag. Das ist unglaublich. Ebenso unglaublich, dass wir vor zwei Jahren hierher kamen, um im Busch zu leben", notiert Fanny Stevenson, die zehn Jahre ältere Ehefrau des weltberühmten Schriftstellers, am 19. Mai 1892 in ihrem Tagebuch. Auf der Inselgruppe Samoa hatte das Paar ein Klima gefunden, das dem lungenkranke...

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Die Mutter aller Piratenbücher." Die Welt Eine geheimnisvolle Karte soll die "Hispaniola" zu der Insel führen, auf welcher der Schatz des berüchtigten Piratenkapitäns Flint verborgen liegt. Doch auf dem Schiff haben auch einige ehemalige Mitglieder von Flints Mannschaft angeheuert, unter ihnen der einbeinige Schiffskoch John Silver. Schiffsjunge Jim Hawkins deckt bald ihre Pläne zu einer Meuterei auf. Die legendäre Jagd nach dem Schatz de...

Eine Kanufahrt ins Glück vom Autor der "Schatzinsel" Im Herbst 1876 lassen zwei unerfahrene Kanuten die "Cigarette" und die "Arethusa" zu Wasser und beginnen, was mehr als eine Kanufahrt durch Belgien und Frankreich werden soll. Robert Louis Stevenson berichtet in seiner bestechend modernen Erzählung von entrückten Orten, schildert herzliche und komische Begegnungen und beschreibt die besonderen Momente, die man nur beim Reisen erlebt. Unte...

Zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch: das Meisterwerk vom Autor der "Schatzinsel". Ein Kriegsgefangener in Edinburgh verliebt sich in ein schottisches Mädchen, flieht und durchquert mit der Polizei im Nacken ganz England. In gottverlassenen Landschaften und zwielichtigen Kaschemmen drohen die Gefahren, denen der Held immer wieder entkommt. Voller Eloquenz, Witz und entwaffnendem Charme zieht der Erzähler St. Ives unsere Sympathie auf seine Seite. In Eng...

Treasure Island is an adapted Elementary Level reader written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This classic story explains how Jim Hawkins, a young boy, is aboard The Hispaniola and along with the crew they are in search of Captain Flint's treasure. However, Long John Silver is on board and he and his friends want the treasure for themselves.