at a remote inn and discover the following day that James has betrayed Alan (falsely convicted of the Appin murder) into the hands of a British warship anchored near the shore. The British attempt to capture Alan, who flees with David and Catriona, now reconciled and shamed by James More's ignominy. The three flee to Paris, where David and Catriona are married. James More dies from an illness, and David and Catriona return to Scotland to raise a family. Characters The characters of Alan Breck Stewart, Lord William Grant Prestongrange, James of the Glens, James MacGregor Drummond (Rob Roy's eldest son), the 3rd duke of Argyll, Simon Fraser of Lovat, Prophet Peden and Hugh Palliser were real people and the frigate HMS Seahorse actually existed. However, the heroine who gives her name to the novel is a fictional character. The real James MacGregor had seven sons and six daughters, none of them named Catriona. Adaptations The 1971 film Kidnapped was based on Kidnapped and the first half of Catriona. References External links David Balfour, Second Part at The Project Gutenberg Digitised copy of Catriona Cassell, London 1893 Digitised copy of David Balfour being memoirs of his adventures at home and abroad from the Charles Scribner's Sons edition (1893) from National Library of Scotland. JPEG, PDF, XML versions. 1893 British novels Novels by Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped (novel) British novels adapted into films Scottish historical novels British adventure novels Victorian novels Novels set in Edinburgh Novels set in the Netherlands Sequel novels Cassell (publisher) books 1890s children's books