Robert Louis Stevenson island fiction and non-fiction is among the most valuable and collected of the 19th century body of work that addresses the Pacific area. Literary works Musical works About Websites Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", and "A Child's Garden of Verses". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by
Historical romance Christianity are central themes. Charles Kingsley's "Hereward the Wake: Last of the English" (1866) tells the story of Hereward, the last Anglo-Saxon holdout against the Normans. It was Kingsley's last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero. Tim Severin is a more recent novelist who has written several novels about the Saxons: "The Book of Dreams" (2012); "The Emperor's Elephant" (2013); "The Pope's Assassin" (2015). Robert Louis Stevenson wrote several historical romances including "The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses" (1888), and "Kidnappped" (1886). "The Black Arrow" is both a historical adventure novel