The accidental highwayman : being the tale of Kit Bristol, his horse Midnight, a mysterious princess, and sundry magical persons besides
by Tripp, Ben, 1966- (Author)
Summary
In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher "Kit" Bristol unwittingly takes on the task of his dead master, notorious highwayman Whistling Jack, who pledged a fairy he would rescue feisty Princess Morgana from an arranged marriage with King George III. Full description
- A proclamation at market
- The day's second interrogation
- Rattle rides out
- The imposter
- Escape to Kingsmire
- The wrong highwayman's task
- The owl at the crossroad
- Rescue, after a fashion
- A royal wedding foretold
- Long-suffering radishes and new clothes
- The price of a button
- A parting of ways
- Up another tree
- The unlucky luncheon
- The bridge
- Designs upon women's hearts
- The three questions
- The impresario's flight
- Saved by gilt
- The best concealment
- Play-practice
- The tortoise comb
- The fell reflection
- Lily's dream
- Puggle's spectacular
- A brief and happy idyll
- Toasting the steward
- The sigilantum
- The company soon to part
- The final performance
- Captivity
- Tidings from an old acquaintance
- Being an account of my last hours
- The royal wedding
- Midnight's flight
- The Irish Sea
- The enchanted land
- Word from abroad.