Kidnapped

This is an okay book written by Robert L. Stevenson. In 1751, 18-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his inheritance by his malicious uncle Ebenezer, who also has him kidnapped and put on a ship bound for the Carolinas. After a few days journey, the ship hits a small boat during the fog and only one man is rescued from the small vessel. His name is Alan Breck, a Scotsman returning from political exile in France who has been accused of murder.

The story was first published in 1886 and there is a sequel called Catriona. The book is a historical fiction and many of the characters are based on real people. On May 14, 1752, a sniper shot government worker Colin Ray Campbell, but was never caught. James Stewart was falsely accused of the crime and hanged. The Jacobite Risings were a series of rebellions and battles from 1688 to 1746 intended to reinstate James II of England, or his descendants, to the throne. The rest of the story is possibly based on James Annesley, who was the presumptive heir to an aristocratic title, but was held captive by his uncle for 13 years.