In Kidnapped (1886) and later fiction such as The Master of Ballantrae (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland\'s past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief.
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The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself.
This dualism is most famous in Kidnapped, whose two central characters are David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite.
In Kidnapped (1886) and later fiction such as The Master of Ballantrae (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland\'s past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief