Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher Marketing: While my husband and Mr. Henley were engaged in writing plays in Bournemouth they made a number of titles, hoping to use them in the future. Dramatic composition was not what my husband preferred, but the torrent of Mr. Henley's enthusiasm swept him off his feet. However, after several plays had been finished, and his health seriously impaired by his endeavours to keep up with Mr. Henley, play writing was abandoned forever, and my husband returned to his legitimate vocation. Having added one of the titles, The Hanging Judge, to the list of projected plays, now thrown aside, and emboldened by my husband's offer to give me any help needed, I concluded to try and write it myself. As I wanted a trial scene in the Old Bailey, I chose the period of 1700 for my purpose; but being shamefully ignorant of my subject, and my husband confessing to little more knowledge than I possessed, a London bookseller was commissioned to send us everything he could procure bearing on Old Bailey trials. A great package came in response to our order, and very soon we were both absorbed, not so much in the trials as in following the brilliant career of a Mr. Garrow, who appeared as counsel in many of the cases. We sent for more books, and yet more, still intent on Mr. Garrow, whose subtle cross-examination of witnesses and masterly, if sometimes startling, methods of arriving at the truth seemed more thrilling to us than any novel. Occasionally other trials than those of the Old Bailey would be included in the package of books we received from London; among these my husband found and read with avidity: - Review Citations: Booklist 10/01/2007 pg. 55 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) School Library Journal 01/01/2008 pg. 151 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) Foreword 11/01/2007 pg. 1 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 404 (EAN 9780887768439, Paperback) School Library Journal 11/01/2007 pg. 157 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 66 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2008 pg. 64 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 409 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 576 (EAN 9780764134944, Paperback) School Library Journal 11/01/2007 pg. 157 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 66 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2008 pg. 64 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 409 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 576 (EAN 9780764159800, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1015 (EAN 9780531169902, Library Binding) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 66 (EAN 9780143039402, Paperback) Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1948 (EAN 9780689865428, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2005 pg. 137 (EAN 9780689865428, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 84 (EAN 9780689865428, Hardcover) School Library Journal 02/01/2000 (EAN 9780001047860, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 122 (EAN 9781905087112, Paperback) School Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 188 (EAN 9789380028521, Paperback) School Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 46 (EAN 9781400145836, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Stevenson, Robert Louis Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson was a prolific Scottish poet and novelist in the 19th century. He was admired by many other authors, and his work includes The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He died in 1894.