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Kidnapped
- Narrated by: Nicholas Rowe
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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The wild adventure that David Balfour takes in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped starts with the newly orphaned boy travelling to his uncle's terrifying House of Shaws. Having failed in an attempt to murder young David, the miserly Ebeneezer Balfour, who would rather keep the fortune to which the child is now entitled, arranges for a kidnapping aboard a ship bound for the new world.
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- Joe
- 18-12-15
A Classic
I read Kidnapped many years ago as a teenager and thought I'd get reacquainted by way of the audio book. It's a classic that hasn't dulled with age and Nicholas Rowe does a fantastic job of bringing it all to life.
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- Jane Law
- 22-09-21
deservedly a classic
Great story, so brilliantly written. The language is obviously older, but nonetheless comprehensible and often fascinating. This tale provides a real insight into a very turbulent time in history .
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