The Ebb Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson was suggested by Linda Dryden
As part of the Ragged Library, Professor Linda Dryden, director of the Centre for Literature and Writing at Napier University suggested ‘The Ebb Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson’…
20th Oct 2011: Robert Louis Stevenson & the Pirates by Dr Eric J Graham
Name of speaker
Dr Eric J Graham
Title of talk
Robert Louis Stevenson & the Pirates
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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure island on a rain drench holiday in Braemar to amuse his new step son.
Bed ridden at the time, he relied on books on piracy sent to him and local knowledge he had picked up in Edinburgh.
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