description: Set in Scotland during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, in the exotic French Indies, and in the North American wilderness, the story has as its hero one of the most compelling yet horrifying studies of evil in nineteenth-century fiction—James Durie, Master of Ballantrae. The Master is about his infective influence—on his younger, less attractive brother Henry; on Henry's wife Alison; and on those narrators whom Stevenson so skilfully employs to present their experiences of this charming, ruthless, and evil man.
language: English
title: The Master of Ballantrae
titlecomplete: The Master of Ballantrae
characters: Secundra Dass, Henry Durie, William Johnson, Ephraim Mackellar, James Durie
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Scotland, 19th Century, Historical, Classic Literature, Novels, Literature, Classics, Adventure
ratings_count: 6051
places: Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland, Ayrshire, Scotland, North America
publisher: North Books