Kidnapped 3. Alan is a Jacobite, someone who believed the Stuarts, a Highland clan, should be on the throne, whereas Whigs were supporters of the current English monarchy, following the line of William and Mary. Hoseason then asks to speak to David on the boat, and David agrees, being interested in seeing more of the boat. They hide for a whole day on top of a large rock while English soldiers roam around below, searching for them. They must run through the wide, flat land on their hands and knees, hiding in small brush and behind rocks. Rankeillor believes his story, but David's uncle Ebenezer must be dealt with somehow. Ebenezer gives him a cold welcome, and seems very interested in the death of David's father. Alan and David successfully defend the Round-House from the sailors, Alan killing several men and even David taking two himself. Alan gambles away all their money, including David's. David is interested in seeing the ships at the port, so he willingly goes along. Start your 48-hour free trial to unlock this Kidnapped study guide. His uncle promises to take David to Mr. Rankeillor, the family lawyer, to get the true story of David’s inheritance, and they set out for Queen’s Ferry. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Kidnapped. They manage to escape and are ambushed by Highland men who, fortunately, turn out to be men of Cluny Macpherson, another disenfranchised Highland leader. Over the course of a month, David recovers. Summary Plot Overview Kidnapped tells the story of David Balfour, a young man of the Lowlands, the southern part of Scotland. King George has brutally “pacified” the Scottish Highlands, and Stevenson places his protagonist, David Balfour, in conversation with a principal agent of that pacification at the moment when that agent is assassinated (the assassination is a historical fact). The Project Gutenberg EBook of Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Already a member? Complete summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. Kidnapped, like Treasure Island before it, was serialized in Young Folks, the boys’ magazine. Alan and David, now major suspects in the murder, flee to the woods. This concern with the niceties of a relationship is another liberty that Stevenson took with this genre. Kidnapped was written by Robert Louis Stevenson and is a coming-of-age novel about an unlucky boy who takes his fate into his own hands. No friendly smoke comes from the chimneys, and the closed door is studded with heavy nails. ©2020 eNotes.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Chapter I - I Set Off Upon My Journey To The House Of Shaws, Chapter III - I Make Acquaintance Of My Uncle, Chapter IV - I Run A Great Danger In The House Of Shaws, Chapter VI - What Befell At The Queen's Ferry, Chapter VII - I Go To Sea In The Brig "Covenant" Of Dysart, Chapter IX - The Man With The Belt Of Gold, Chapter XV - The Lad With The Silver Button: Through The Isle Of Mull, Chapter XVI - The Lad With The Silver Button: Across Morven, Chapter XVIII - I Talk With Alan In The Wood Of Lettermore, Chapter XX - The Flight In The Heather: The Rocks, Chapter XXI - The Flight In The Heather: The Heugh Of Corrynakiegh, Chapter XXII - The Flight In The Heather: The Moor, Chapter XXIV - The Flight In The Heather: The Quarrel, Chapter XXVI - End Of The Flight: We Pass The Forth, Chapter XXVIII - I Go In Quest Of My Inheritance. David walks two days to Edinburgh, and soon finds his way to Cramond. Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, delivers the letter to David and tells him that if things do not go well between David and his uncle he is to return to Essendean, where his friends will help him.