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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Vintage

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780099511298

RRP: £4.99

PAGES: 224

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 6, 2008

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Treasure Island

Jake Arnott

Sir Andrew Motion

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTION When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate’s chest in his parents’ inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure. He joins the crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty and over the course of the voyage confronts mutiny, murder and the charismatic and devious Long John Silver.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on the 13 November 1850. He studied at Edinburgh University and also qualified as a lawyer. He travelled extensively in Europe and began his writing career during these years. He also met his future wife, Fanny, in France in 1876. They were married in 1880. In 1883 he published Treasure Island to great acclaim. Kidnapped and ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ were both published in 1886. Problems with his health meant that Stevenson frequently travelled in the warmer climates of the South Seas. He died in Samoa on 3 December 1894.