Kidnapped is an epic that stands as Stevenson's personal journey into the heart of his homeland's troubled predicament. Born in Edinburgh in 1850, Stevenson was forced by a serious respiratory condition to leave the harsh climate of Scotland. The book was written when the illness had become particularly severe, and when Stevenson was feeling intensely homesick for his country. In an attempt to escape from the ordered world of 'Skerryvore', his home in Bournemouth, Stevenson embarked on a quest to recapture the rugged heroism of his native land. ukryj opis