The Master of Ballantrae

A Winter's Tale

Robert Louis Stevenson, Andrea Barrett

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Modern Library Inc
15 March 2002

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Historical romance

Series: Modern Library Classics

Stevenson's brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme-the elemental struggle between good and evil-as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising, one family finds itself tragically divided. Stevenson's remarkably vivid characterizations create an acutely moving, psychologically complex work; as Andrea Barrett points out in her Introduction, ""The brothers' characters, not the historical facts, shape the drama.""

This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes illustrations reproduced from the original edition.

By: Robert Louis Stevenson
Introduction by: Andrea Barrett
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 211g
ISBN: 9780375759307
ISBN 10: 0375759301
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 March 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrea Barrett is the author of five novels, most recently The Voyage of the Narwhal, and two collections of stories- Ship Fever, which received the National Book Award, and Servants of the Map. She lives in Rochester, New York.

Reviews for The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale

“If a strong story, strongly told, full of human interest, and absolutely original in its situations, makes a masterpiece, then this may lay claim to the title.”—Arthur Conan Doyle