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

Tripp, Ben, 1966- (author,, illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780765335494
  • ISBN: 0765335492
  • Physical Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
950L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 15 171432.
Subject:
Outlaws > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
Fairies > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Princesses > Fiction.
Fate and fatalism > Fiction.
Brigands and robbers > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820 > Fiction.
Genre:
Action and adventure fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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