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‘A Christmas Sermon’ is an emotional and powerful piece. Written by Stevenson as he recuperated from another lung issue outside New York, he ponders the questions of life, death, m ...

‘A day with Robert Louis Stevenson’ is no doubt every ‘Stevensonian’s’ dream, it is a rare look behind the curtain of one of the greatest literary talents mankind has ever seen. Th ...

‘A Footnote to History’ is an account of Colonial abuse in Samoa, the scramble by the US, Germany and Britain so swallow up land with little regard for the native Samoans. Stevenso ...

After a night of debauchery and crime, the notorious poet François Villon seeks refuge from the cold and the law. He finds shelter in the home of a reclusive old man, leading to a ...

Vanha, rommia juova merimies kirjautuu sisään Englannin länsirannikolla sijaitsevaan majataloon ja pyytää muutamaa lanttia vastaan majatalon isännän poikaa Jim Hawkinsia, pitämään ...

Vanha, rommia juova merimies kirjautuu sisään Englannin länsirannikolla sijaitsevaan majataloon ja pyytää muutamaa lanttia vastaan majatalon isännän poikaa Jim Hawkinsia, pitämään ...

‘Across the Plains’ is a vibrant collection of travel and exploration pieces from Stevenson’s life. ‘Across the Plains’ itself recounts Stevenson’s journey from Glasgow to New York ...

‘An Inland Voyage’ is a fascinating account of a canoe trip made by Stevenson and his good friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson from Belgium to France. It is a relaxing account of th ...

Skottland 1745. De två bröderna Henry och James smider en plan när landet splittras av jakobitupproren. James ska ansluta sig till rebellerna och Henry ska strida på kungens sida – ...

Skottland 1745. De två bröderna Henry och James smider en plan när landet splittras av jakobitupproren. James ska ansluta sig till rebellerna och Henry ska strida på kungens sida – ...

Arvingen till Ballantrae [1889] av Robert Louis Stevenson. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON [1850-1894] var en skotsk romanförfattare, poet, essäist och reseskildrare. Stevenson finns på li ...

Henry Jekyll is an idealistic young scientist whose main goal it is to unlock the secrets of the human soul. He creates many different potions and chemical mixtures in his lab, but ...

David Balfour is a young Scottish man whose parents have recently died. The seventeen-year-old orphan decides that the time has come for him to seek his fortune. Right before Balfo ...

A nameless Scottish soldier is recovering from his wounds in a Spanish hospital. He takes a temporary residence with a local family. Felipe and Olalla are two siblings living with ...

Fettes and his friends meet for a drink at the local inn. Everything is going well until the famous doctor Wolfe Macfarlane enters to treat a sick patient. Fettes gets very upset w ...

Ballantrae and Henry are two brothers and Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Ballantrae is an unscrupulous and bold man, who joins th ...

Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, near Bristol. After Billy Bones, an old sea captain, mysteriously dies at the inn, Hawkins unlocks his sea chest and finds ...

First published just 6 years after the eruption of Krakatoa, ‘Blown to Bits’ by Scottish author R.M. Ballantyne is set against the backdrop of this seismic environmental event. Nig ...

Miles Milton is a stubborn and strong-willed young man, determined to join the army as soon as he can, much to his father’s horror. The pair often clash over the matter and one day ...

17 år gamla David Balfours föräldrar har gått bort nyligen och han försöker hitta sin plats i världen. En dag får David ett brev som han ska leverera till Shaws hus där hans farbro ...

Dr Peter Blood has put his soldiering past behind him. He is happy tending his geraniums and his patients in a quiet English town. But a moment of mercy sees him sent to be a slave ...

Catriona är en spännande och romantisk äventyrsroman av klassiskt snitt som utspelar sig under 1700-talet. David Balfours mål är att skipa rättvisa i det berömda Appinmordet, där e ...

Catriona [1893] av Robert Louis Stevenson. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON [1850-1894] var en skotsk romanförfattare, poet, essäist och reseskildrare. Stevenson finns på listan över världs ...

Fatherless young Charlie Brooke is a brave and kind character, who is always trying to help others. His mother is struggling to make ends meet, and when Charlie leaves school he mu ...

Fred Temple is a hard-working young man who has quickly risen through the ranks of his father’s business. When not working at the family business, Fred has a passion for the outdoo ...