Old Photograph Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage Braemar Scotland

Old photograph of the holiday cottage of Robert Louis Stevenson not far from Braemar Castle, Scotland. Robert Louis Stevenson was on holiday in 1881 in Braemar. To amuse his step-son one day, Stevenson got out his paint box and between them, painted a map of an imaginary island. Suddenly, according to Stevenson, the place became alive and characters seemed to suggest themselves. There and then, the author set to work on a story, now famous, called Treasure Island. The cottage still stands today on Glenshee Road.



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