(1850–94). ', 'I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. Robert Louis Stevenson takes a fictional character and a real historical figure intertwining them together to fill in the gaps to what could have really happened during the Appin Murder of 1752, and where one of the suspects of the murder could have eluded off to when trying to escape the wrongful blame of events. Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850 to Thomas Stevenson and Margaret Isabella Balfour in Edinburgh, Scotland. They include the adventure tales Treasure Island , published in 1883, and Kidnapped (1886). ', and 'Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.' Apart from fiction, he made significant contributions to history, anthropology, and also penned biographies. Died At Age: 44. Stevenson became a popular and well-respected member of the community and continued to write, the climate suiting his health, until his death at age 44 - not from tuberculosis, but a cerebral haemorrhage. – – – ‘Notes about Robert Louis Stevenson from his mother’s diary’, The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson,Vailima edn, vol xxvi (New York/London: Scribner’s/Heineman, 1923) [Year-by-year summary 1850-88 from Margaret’s own diaries, prepared by her in 1895-96.] From a very young age, he suffered from severe bouts of flu, due to a weak chest - a genetic problem. Although he only lived to the age of 44, Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson had a great impact on the world of literature. After a stint in Sydney, he returned to Samoa and set up life in the Vailima house in what is today the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum. The great affair is to move. To ensure that he will be able to come and go from his house regardless of whether or not he is currently Hyde, Jekyll does what? 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