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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is an 1889 novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. He worked on the book in Tautira after his health was restored.
The Master of Ballantrae: Directed by William Keighley. With Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell. Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune.
The Master of Ballantrae, novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, first serialized in Scribner’s Magazine in 1888–89 and published in book form in 1889. The novel provides another example of the moral ambiguity Stevenson had explored earlier in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Ballantrae is bold.
The Master of Ballantrae is a 1953 British Technicolor adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Roger Livesey. It is a loose and highly truncated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1889 novel of the same name. In eighteenth century Scotland, two sons of a laird clash over the family estate and a lady.
Complete summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Master of Ballantrae.
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The Master of Ballantrae begins in 1745 and is narrated by Mackellar, the loyal, often meddling steward to the respected Durie of Durisdeer family. The family consists of the old Lord and his two sons, James (the eldest son and Master of Ballantrae) and Lord Henry.
"The Master of Ballantrae" is a captivating novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1889. Set against the backdrop of 18th-century Scotland and America, this tale of betrayal, rivalry, and redemption unfolds with a rich tapestry of characters and settings.
When Bonnie Prince Charlie, heir to the Stuart throne, returns to Scotland to liberate his land from English rule, both Jamie and Henry Durie are keen to fight for their independence.
This rousing tale of adventure centers on Henry Durrie (Richard Thomas), a Scottish nobleman who is forced to flee his homeland and abandon the woman he loves after...
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