Treasure Island is a much loved Puffin Classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Isl&. But a host of villains, wild beasts & deadly savages stand between him & the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas... With a wonderfully funny introduction by award-winning author Eoin Colfer, Treasure Island is one of the twelve brilliant classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was born in Edinburgh, Scotl&. He studied law but preferred writing & in 1881 was inspired by his stepson to write Treasure Isl&. Other famous adventure stories followed including Kidnapped, as well as the famous collection of poems for children, A Child`s Garden of Verses. Robert Louis Stevenson is buried on the island of Samoa. The Puffin Classics: Red Badge of Courage; Anne of the Island; Wuthering Heights; Anne of Avonlea; Kidnapped; What Katy Did; The Happy Prince; David Copperfield; Robin Hood; Peter Pan; The Secret Garden; Black Beauty; The Call of the Wild; Huckleberry Finn; Sherlock Holmes; Little Lord Fauntleroy; The Wizard of Oz; Just So Stories; Treasure Island; Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland; Little Women; Oliver Twist; The Wind in the Willows; The Secret Garden; & the Princess & the Goblin.