{"product_id":"9780862415334","title":"The Scottish Novels: Kidnapped, Catrinoa, the Master of Ballantrae, Weir of Hermiston","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKidnapped - Catriona - The Master of Ballantrae - Weir of Hermiston\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson's imaginative and bitter-sweet relationship with his native country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e , and its sequel \u003ci\u003eCatriona\u003c\/i\u003e , are renowned the world over as supreme stories of adventure and romance. On another level they also explore the subtle divisions of Scottish history and character in the eighteenth century, and (some would say) the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Ballantrae\u003c\/i\u003e takes a darker and more disturbing turn, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a webof hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to their end in the frozen wastes of North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevenson's fascination with the divided nature of the human self (most obviously demonstrated in \u003ci\u003eDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e ) appears again in the \u003ci\u003eWeir of Hermiston\u003c\/i\u003e with its terrible confrontation between a father and his son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an unsurpassed combination of physical adventure and psychological insight, \u003ci\u003eThe Scottish Novels \u003c\/i\u003e have moved and thrilled readers and writers from Stevenson's contemporaries to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008212582640,"sku":"9780862415334","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780862415334_p0.jpg?v=1763839028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780862415334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}