Treasure Island: Robert Louis Stevenson (Puffin Classics)

Treasure Island: Robert Louis Stevenson (Puffin Classics)

by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Eoin Colfer (Introduction)

Synopsis

Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas...With a wonderfully funny introduction by award-winning author Eoin Colfer, Treasure Island is one of the twenty brilliant classic stories being reissued in Puffin Classics in March 2015.

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More Information

Format: Unabridged
Pages: 302
Edition: Unabridged
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Published: 06 Mar 2008

ISBN 10: 0141321008
ISBN 13: 9780141321004
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: Set Sail aboard the Hispaniola, with fearless Jim and the formidable Long John Silver.

Media Reviews
Over Treasure Island I let my fire die in winter without knowing I was freezing.
Author Bio
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. The son of a prosperous civil engineer, he was expected to follow the family profession but was finally allowed to study law at Edinburgh University. Stevenson reacted forcibly against the Presbyterianism of both his city's professional classes and his devout parents, but the influence of Calvinism on his childhood informed the fascination with evil that is so powerfully explored in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Stevenson suffered from a severe respiratory disease from his twenties onwards, leading him to settle in the gentle climate of Samoa with his American wife, Fanny Osbourne. Eoin Colfer is the megaselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Airman and The Legend of ... books. His brilliant new series WARP is out now. Eoin lives with his family in Ireland. www.eoincolfer.com