# Kidnapped

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- Book: [Kidnapped](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-lindsay/kidnapped) ([Kidnapped.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-lindsay/kidnapped.md))
- Authors: [R.L. Stevenson](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-lindsay)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4144-179-5
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2007-09-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This is the story of sixteen-year-old David Balfour, an orphan, who after being kidnapped by his villainous uncle manages to escape and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule