MASTER OF BALLANTRAE, THE(ISBN=9780375759307)

　　Stevenson’s brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising, one family finds itself tragically divided. Stevenson’s remarkably vivid characterizations create an acutely moving, psychologically complex work; as Andrea Barrett points out in her Introduction, “The brothers’ characters, not the historical facts, shape the drama.”
　　This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes illustrations reproduced from the original edition.

　　Andrea Barrett is the author of five novels, most recently The Voyage of the Narwhal, and two collections of stories: Ship Fever, which received the National Book Award, and Servants of the Map. She lives in Rochester, New York.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION: THE DEVIL IN THE MOUNTAINS
by Andrea Barrett
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
PREFACE
SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING
THE MASTER'S WANDERINGS
SUMMARY OF EVENTS (continued)
THE MASTER'S WANDERINGS: From the Memoirs of the
Chevalier de Burke
PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY
ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED
ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757
SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING
THE MASTER'S SECOND ABSENCE  
ADVENTURE OF CHEVALIER BURKE
IN INDIA: Extracted lerom His Memoirs
THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE
MR. MACKELLAR'S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER
PASSAGES AT NEW YORK
THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS
THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS (continued)
READING GROUP GUIDE