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The Master of Ballantrae

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson investigates the nature of good and evil in this novel set in the Scotland of 1745. This was the year many in Scotland fought to put a Scottish king on the British throne. Two brothers, James and Henry Durie, become involved in this historical event. But ‘The Master of Ballantrae’ is a also worldwide novel. Readers will travel from Scotland to New York, to India… Along the way, they will meet soldiers, hunters and pirates.

Theme

Adventure; family conflict; courage; exile; 18th-century Scotland
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CEFR Level B1+
Level Secondary
Language British English
Type Fiction (classic)
Genre Human interest
Publisher Black Cat
Year 2010
Number of Pages 112
Number of activities 72
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