Everyman's Library: The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston

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(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double demonstration of Stevenson's ability to satisfy the highest critical standards and at the same time remain compulsively entertaining.With an Introduction by John Sutherland