When young David Balfour's father dies and leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance. But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret. David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped and taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slaveryβ
Kidnapped: being the adventures of David Balfour
β Scribed by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Year
- 2009;2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1411429966
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β¦ Synopsis
Kidnapped by a rival heir (his Scrooge-like uncle), and destined to be sold in the colonies, teenager David Balfour is shipwrecked on the coast of his homeland, Scotland. The tale of David Balfour's swashbuckling adventures and psychological misadventures has remained constantly in print, a "must read" for children and adults alike.
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When young David Balfour's father dies and leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance. But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret. David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped and taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slavery-
ContinuaciΓ³n de Secuestrado o memorias de las ΓΊltimas aventuras de David Balfour en su patria y en el extrajero, donde trata los infortunios causados por el asesinato de Appin; sus problemas con el abogado Lord Grant; su cautiverio en el peΓ±on de Bass; el viaje por Holanda y Francia y las singulares
Nuevamente David Balfour cuenta sus andanzas tras la conclusiΓ³n de Secuestrado. Desde los Highlands, el marco se desplaza hacia el mundo de los tribunales, pues el joven lowlander pretende demostrar la inocencia de Alan Breck en el proceso contra John Steward. Sin embargo, serΓ‘ nuevamente secuestrad