![]() ![]() Her father is still alive, just, and all set to finance a return voyage to Treasure Island where, if you remember, half the silver ingots and three of the mutinous crew were left behind. And then one night a mysterious young woman called Natty turns up in a skiff claiming to be Silver's daughter. ![]() ![]() Jim senior is now proprietor of the Hispaniola Inn on the Thames, a sad figure whose only pleasure is to regale his son with endless reminiscences about pieces of eight, black spots, blind beggars and a fellow with a parrot and a wooden leg name of Long John Silver. Silver, exuberantly read by David Tennant (sounding nothing like Dr Who) is a splendid adventure story in its own right.įorty years on, harrrr Jim lad, the heroic young narrator of Treasure Island has been replaced as storyteller by his son Jim Hawkins Jr, better educated but, as it turns out, every bit as brave. I've never thought of our former poet laureate as a bold man sensitive, serious, passionate yes, but not exactly bold. ![]() How do you follow an act like Long John Silver? Stevenson himself tried it and failed – not with Treasure Island but with Kidnapped, whose sequel Catriona sank without trace. It is a bold man who dares to deliver a sequel to the most famous children's adventure story ever written. Silver: Return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion, read by David Tennant (12½hrs unabridged, Whole Story Audio, £19.99) ![]()
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