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Robert Louis Stevenson Books

Stevenson’s classic “shilling shocker” has remained in the public imagination for well over a century, spawning numerous adaptations. Now available in an accessible format for all readers.

“Man is not truly one, but truly two.”

A terrible killer lurks in London’s dark and foggy corners. His crimes are witnessed, but no one can track him down. At the same time, the respectable Dr Jekyll is on a quest of his own.

But Dr Jekyll’s discoveries look set to unleash an appalling truth. Just how closely entwined is his identity with that of brutish Mr Hyde?

A beautiful edition of the classic tale, Treasure Island.

Jim Hawkins is the son of the innkeepers of the Admiral Benbow near Devon and becomes fascinated by a mysterious lodger, the old seaman Billy Bones.

It soon becomes apparent to Jim that Billy Bones is in hiding from a man with one wooden leg and he is also in possession of a much sought after pirate’s treasure chest.

When Billy Bones suddenly drops dead, Jim flees, taking with him an oilskin packet from within the chest. It turns out that Jim has taken a map detailing the whereabouts of Captain Flint’s treasure.

A swash-buckling adventure aboard the Hispaniola ensues as Jim attempts to track down the treasure with the help of a one-legged sea cook Long John Silver, Captain Alexander Smollett, Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey among others.

But all is not as it seems. Is Long John Silver really trustworthy? After all Bones did warn him of a man with one leg…

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