Talk:Kidnapped (novel)

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This book is so much more than a children's adventure and I see no mention of Alan Breck in the article - one of the greatest yet flawed heroes ever created. RLS's writing is modern, pared down and thrilling to read.

The article is, of course, correct but it lacks passion - a bit too much Davie Balfour if you like.

Feel free to expand/edit the article!

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He wasn't created as a hero, he was a hero who fought at Culloden as the Leader of the Clan - Robert Louis Stevenson merely used him as a device for 2 novels, Allan Breck certainly wouldn't have had time for wetnursing some Lowlander and he left Scotland pretty sharpish after the killing of Red Fox (Campbell of Glenure), Gleam in the North by D. K. Broster mentioned the execution of Dr Archibald Cameron (cousin of Allan Breck) for the murder and the incident itself but again they are still works of fiction and in fact Robert Louis Stevenson was writing so long after the Appin murder that it was based largely on bits of the trial and accounts handed down or written at the time.

Allan Breck never returned to Scotland so Catriona really was total invention by Robert Louis Stevenson, then again most people reading the books probably either think they are both totally fiction or that they must be factual accounts and i don't suppose many of his readers of the time knew or cared either way.--Lord of the Isles 03:53, 2 July 2006 (UTC)--