The much-loved Scottish author enjoyed a special connection with France, and is still remembered in some places today.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), author of classic novels including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, is nowadays most often linked with either the Scottish capital Edinburgh—the city of his birth and early adulthood—or the South Pacific island Samoa where he eventually settled. However, many of his most formative life experiences actually happened during numerous trips he made to France, with either family or friends.
According to his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, Stevenson was “mentally… half a Frenchman; in taste, habits, and prepossessions he was almost wholly French. Not only did he…
Full article published in Explore History #10.
