Kidnapped

Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel. Written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson  as a boy's novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James,  Jorge Luis Borges and Seamus Heaney.
 As historical fiction, it is set around 18th century Scottish events. Many of the characters and one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart were real people. The political situation of the time is skillfully portrayed from different viewpoints and the Scottish highlanders are treated sympathetically