The Master of Ballantrae & The Pocket R.L.S.
The novel is presented as the memoir of one Ephraim Mackellar, steward of the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland. The novel opens in 1745, the year of the Jacobite rising. When Bonnie Prince Charlie raises the banner of the Stuarts, the Durie family--the Laird of Durrisdeer, his older son James Durie (the Master of Ballantrae) and his younger son Henry Durie--decide on a common strategy: one son will join the uprising while the other will join the loyalists. That way, whichever side wins, the family's noble status and estate will be preserved. Logically, the younger son should join the rebels, but the Master insists on being the rebel (a more exciting choice) and contemptuously accuses Henry of trying to usurp his place, comparing him to Jacob. The two sons agree to toss a coin to determine who goes. The Master wins and departs to join the Rising, while Henry remains in support of King George II. The Rising fails and the Master is reported dead. Henry becomes the heir to the estate, though he does not assume his brother's title of Master. At the insistence of the Laird (their father) the Master's heartbroken fiancée marries Henry to repair the Durie fortunes. Some years pass, during which Henry is unfairly vilified by the townspeople for betraying the rising. He is treated with complete indifference by his family, since his wife and his father both spend their time mourning the fallen favourite. The mild-tempered Henry bears the injustice quietly, even sending money to support his brother's abandoned mistress, who abuses him foully, and her child, whom she claims is his brother's bastard.
| yazar | Robert Louis Stevenson |
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3 Ocak 2017 15,2 x 0,6 x 22,9 cm B M Bower Jack London 5 Ocak 2017 1 Ocak 2018 15,2 x 0,7 x 22,9 cm 4 Ocak 2017 G. A. Henty 28 Şubat 2018 H. G. Wells F Scott Fitzgerald Kolektif 1 Ocak 2017 1 x 13,5 x 21 cm 1 x 13,5 x 19,5 cm 19,5 x 13,5 cm 19,5 x 1 x 13,5 cm
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