The Island Queen

by Robert Michael Ballantyne

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783752315370
Publisher:	Outlook Verlag
Publication date:	07/17/2020
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.34(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,