Catriona is the second David Balfour book after Kidnapped, which I reviewed last month.
First published in 1893, "Catriona" (published in the USA as "David Balfour") is Robert Louis Stevenson's sequel to his classic "Kidnapped".
"Catriona" takes up the story of David Balfour's adventures where "Kidnapped" leaves off. It is a fictional account of real-life historical events that took place in 18th Century Scotland, including the Appin murder, which was committed just after the 1745 Jacobite rising.
The novel follows David Balfour’s attempts to secure Alan Breck Stewart and James Stewart’s innocence for the murder of Colin Roy, the “Red Fox”
I am really glad I continued reading the saga of David Balfour. This book is ultimately a romance as David pursues "grey eyes" Catriona, but there is as much intrigue and convolution in it, as in the first book. David has to learn how to negotiate his way with cunning between legal professionals and those in power with the clans of Scotland, in a bid to prove his friends' innocence for the Appin murder. Meanwhile, he gets schooled by the daughter of one in power, on the ways of dressing and behaving, such that he would fit in higher society, that becomes a man who now owns an estate.
It is a good book, and I would recommend reading it either immediately, or soon after, reading Kidnapped, just so that your brain doesn't have to concentrate too hard with the older English and Scottish dialects that are used within.
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