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The master of Ballantrae

a winter's tale

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Luis Stevenson, robert l stevenson · 1888

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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is one of Stevenson's darker, more political novels. Two brothers are brought into conflict by the Jacobite rising of 1745, which tears their family apart.

FictionAbsence and presumption of deathHistoryBrothersInheritance and successionRevengeFiction in EnglishBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Scotland, fictionFiction, historicalFiction, action & adventureFiction, historical, general