Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his
inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for America. Or
at least that was the plan, until the ship runs into trouble and David
is rescued by Alan Breck Stewart, fugitive Jacobite and, by his own
admission, a ‘bonny fighter’. Balfour, a ..
"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that hav..