Half-hours with the Highwaymen

by Charles G. Harper

Book Overview

EXTRAIT: When Harrison Ainsworth wrote Rookwood, that fantastic romance of highway robbery and the impossible exploits of the Rookwood family, he did a singular injustice to a most distinguished seventeenth-century highwayman, John Nevison by name, and transferred the glory of his wonderful ride to York to Dick Turpin, who never owned a "Black Bess," and who never did anything of the kind. Turpin, by virtue of Ainsworth's glowing pages, has become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539515893
• ISBN13: 9781539515890
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"