The master of Ballantrae; a winter's tale, By Robert Louis Stevenson, (Historical, Adventure novel): The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson(13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894), focusing upon the c

The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. He worked on the book in Tautira after his health was restored.
The novel is presented as the memoir of one Ephraim Mackellar, steward of the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland. The novel opens in 1745, the year of the Jacobite Rising. When Bonnie Prince Charlie raises the b...