Beschreibung
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum! Young Jim Hawkins and his friends set sail for Treasure Island hoping to find the buried loot of Captain Flint, fiercest of all the pirates. But, unknown to them, the crew of their own ship is made up of Flint's former crew. Once on the island Jim and his friends must find the buried treasure and escape before the pirates capture them. The adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson was first published as a book in 1883. The timeless tale of greed and gold remains the most exciting adventure story ever witten.
Autorenportrait
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish poet, essayist, novelist and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Stevenson ranks among the most translated authors in the world. He was sick on tuberculosis and died in the age of 44 years in Samoa.