1740 til 1749

Dawid Balfour wyrusza do Shaws, które zamieszkuje jego stryj. Ebenezer okazuje się intrygantem, który ma zamiar pozbawić Dawida życia. Po pierwszym incydencie Balfour jest skłonny nadal wierzyć stryjowi, który nie ma zamiaru przestać snuć zbrodniczych planów.Kontynuację utworu stanowi powieść „Katriona".Powieściopisarz, reportażysta i poeta szkocki. Liczne podróże (m.in. do Francji oraz Belgii) stały się inspiracją dla wielu jego utworów. Do najsłynniejszych należą „Doktor Jekyll i pan Hyde", „Wyspa skarbów", „Porwany za młodu". Uznaniem krytyków cieszyły się zwłaszcza nowele autora „Czarnej strzały", zebrane i wydane w latach 80. XIX wieku. Część utworów artysty doczekała adaptacji, wielokrotnie na ekranach pojawiała się „Wyspa skarbów" oraz „Doktor Jekyll i pan Hyde".

Ballantrae and Henry are two brothers and Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Ballantrae is an unscrupulous and bold man, who joins the fights to restore the Stuarts to the English throne. His brother, an honest and good-natured man, stays as a supporter of King George. Just when everyone thinks that Ballantrae has been killed, he returns to find out the terrible truth about his younger brother. Why did Henry choose to stay with King George instead of supporting his brother and country in the Jacobite fight? How will Ballantrae react when he finds out? Find all the answers in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "The Master of Ballantrae" from 1889.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish writer of novels, poems, essays, and travel books. For most of his life, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble, but kept on travelling and writing. Though his writing has often been considered entertainment, author Henry James aligned Stevenson’s works to his own. His most famous novels are "Treasure Island" (1883), "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886), "Kidnapped" (1886) and "A Child’s Garden of Verses" (1885).