Treasure Island is one of the best-loved children"s stories of all time but is a wonderful adventure story that can be enjoyed at any age.When Jim Hawkins finds a pirate"s treasure map in an old sailor"s sea trunk the local doctor and squire take him with them to find the island and the treasure. But Long John Silver, with his missing leg and talking parrot, has his own ideas about who should find the treasure. Illustrated by H M Brock, with an Afterword by Sam Gilpin.