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The accidental highwayman being the tale of Kit Bristol, his horse Midnight, a mysterious princess, and sundry magical persons besides

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.

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Main Author: Tripp, Ben, 1966- (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Tor, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Brigands and robbers > Young adult fiction.
Adventure stories > Young adult
Fairies > Young adult fiction.
Magic > Young adult fiction.
Princesses > Young adult fiction.
Fate and fatalism > Young adult fiction.
Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820 > Young adult fiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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