“Kidnapped” is a classic adventure story, as thrilling today as when it was first published. The novel, set in the year 1751, centers around David Balfour, a young Scotsman orphaned by the death of his father. Betrayed by his uncle, the young hero is kidnapped and headed for bondage in the New World, until a highlander comes to his rescue. Stirring, suspenseful; considered by Stevenson his best fiction.