Publisher's Synopsis
St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The story follows the adventures of a French prisoner named Jean-Marie St. Ives, who is captured during the Napoleonic Wars and sent to England as a prisoner of war. While imprisoned, St. Ives befriends a fellow prisoner and together they escape. However, they are soon separated and St. Ives embarks on a journey across England, encountering a variety of characters and getting into various scrapes along the way. He eventually falls in love with a young woman named Flora Gilchrist and becomes embroiled in a complex plot involving stolen jewels and mistaken identities. The novel is a thrilling adventure story full of action, romance, and intrigue, and showcases Stevenson's masterful storytelling abilities.1898. Stevenson is best remembered for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The irreverent tale revolves around the exploits of Captain Jacques St. Ives who�������s captured by the British and thrown in jail. While there, he meets the droll Miss Gilchrist and her lovely niece, Flora, who takes an interest in the prisoner. For Jacques and Flora, it's love at first sight-although Major Chevening had his eye on her first. Not long afterward, Jacques escapes and makes an enemy out of his long lost brother Alain, who's been living in Scotland and looking to take over the family fortune upon the death of their grandfather. Jacques thought Alain had been killed with their parents during the French Revolution. The escaped prisoner represents a threat to his brother and to the major, and now the plot thickens...See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
