“Nothing is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
About Robert Louis Stevenson
13 November 1850–3 December 1894
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on 13 November 1850, into a family whose public achievements seemed to prescribe his future long before he could choose one for himself. His father, Thomas Stevenson, was a distinguished civil engineer and designer of lighthouses, heir to a formidable Scottish professional…