The Master of Ballantrae

This novel is set in Scotland during the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, in the 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 19th-century fiction - James Durie, Master of Ballantrae.

Actiunea acestui roman se petrece in Scotia in timpul rebeliunii iacobite din 1745, in Indiile Franceze si in salbaticia nord-americana. Povestea il are ca erou pe unul dintre cele mai convingatoare, dar si ingrozitoare studii despre rau din fictiunea secolului al XIX-lea - James Durie, Maestru al Ballantrae.