Thrilling, historical high adventure from an award-winning author. Young William de Lacey is high born, the son of a gentleman. But he's on the run, having stolen money and a horse, and has taken up with a highwayman. It's enough to hang him three times over. Despite struggling with his conscience, Will feels free for the first time in his life - and it's all down to the mysterious Bess. Now can they survive the risks of the eighteenth-century highwayman's harsh life?
Nicola Morgan has written a number of critically acclaimed books for young people, including the Scottish Arts Council Award-winning Fleshmarket, Mondays Are Red, Chicken Friend, Blame My Brain, Know Your Brain, The Leaving Home Survival Guide, The Passionflower Massacre and Sleepwalking, winner of the 2005 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award, as well as numerous home learning titles and a series of Thomas the Tank Engine books. She lives in Edinburgh and is Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland.
Title: The Highwayman's Footsteps
Author: Nicola Morgan
ISBN: 9781406303117
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Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2006-11-06
Number of Pages: 368
Weight: 0.3584 kg
Morgan is a skilled storyteller who exposes the seamiest sides of history and explores feelings with real feeling ... a terrific tale from start to finish. -- Amanda Craig * The Times *
If what you are after is serious retro adventure, then it doesn't get more sincere - or hauntingly conjured than The Highwayman's Footsteps. * The Telegraph *
A rip-roaring adventure story ... a challenging and deeply satisfying read. * The Scotsman *
On to a winner in the first of what is to be a historical adventure series. * Scotland on Sunday *
The novel gallops along at a cracking pace, packed full of plot twists. * The Glasgow Herald *