The Lonely Island

by Robert Michael Ballantyne

Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Lonely Island by R.M Ballantyne

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783752369762
Publisher:	Outlook Verlag
Publication date:	07/29/2020
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1825, the ninth of ten children and the youngest son, to Alexander Thomson Ballantyne (1776-1847) and his wife Anne (1786-1855). Alexander was a newspaper editor and printer in the family firm of "Ballantyne & Co" based at Paul's Works on the Canongate,