“Kidnapped” is a captivating historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It was initially serialized in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886 and later published as a complete novel. The story unfolds against the backdrop of real 18th-century Scottish events, particularly the infamous “Appin Murder”, which occurred after the Jacobite rising of 1745.

The protagonist, David Balfour, is a 17-year-old orphan who embarks on a perilous journey.