The Master of Ballantrae

Written by Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by David Rintoul

Told by servant Ephraim Mackellar, The Master of Ballantrae is set at the time of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and portrays the Durie family. James abandons his ancestral home to support the Jacobites while his younger brother, Henry, loyal to the English King, remains. However, years later James, who had been supposed dead, returns to claim his inheritance, resulting in a feud between the brothers that shifts from the Scottish Highlands to the Wild West of America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
• Release date: Dec 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781781983706

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and travel writer. Born the son of a lighthouse engineer, Stevenson suffered from a lifelong lung ailment that forced him to travel constantly in search of warmer climates. Rather than follow his father’s footsteps, Stevenson pursued a love of literature and adventure that would inspire such works as Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879).

Reviews for The Master of Ballantrae

[James · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Not his normal swashbuckling adventure but still well worth the read. This particular narrator is one if the best I've ever heard.

[harriet.guest · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I hadn’t read this before it’s really gripping tale of brothers, empire, sibling rivalry