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Which early work by Robert Louis Stevenson was inspired by the Covenanters?
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's famous works include the adventure novel Treasure Island (1881).
The early work by Robert Louis Stevenson that was inspired by his youthful enthusiasm for the Covenanters—Scotsmen who banded together to defend their version of Presbyterianism in the 17th century—is titled The Pentland Rising. This publication marked his first printed work.1