When a rum-soaked old buccaneer expires at the Admiral Benbow Inn, young Jim Hawkins finds on him they key to Captain Flint's chest. Concealed in the chest is a treasure-map sought by Flint's confederates, including the sinister blind Pew, but Jim manages to outwit them all and secure the map for himself. So begins his seafaring adventure, but mutiny, piracy and bloodshed are to beset Jim and his fellow travellers before the treasure can be found...

This is a BBC Big Read book, and one I'm pretty excited about reading. I've heard really good things about this swash-buckling adventure but, for some reason, I never got around to reading it.