| Author: | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | ISBN: | 9780141932941 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | January 28, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| ISBN: | 9780141932941 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | January 28, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
'It was a dark and stormy night ...'
Paul Clifford leads a double life. By day he is a fashionable man about town, the toast of genteel society. By night, he is 'Captain Lovett', a dashing masked highwayman, robbing unsuspecting travellers on moonlit roads with his band of fellow brigands.
When Clifford falls in love with the beautiful, auburn-haired Lucy, the daughter of a wealthy squire, he wonders if he should abandon his life of vice. But there are many obstacles in his path: his sly love rival Lord Mauleverer, dark secrets from the past, and the threat of the hangman's noose ...
'It was a dark and stormy night ...'
Paul Clifford leads a double life. By day he is a fashionable man about town, the toast of genteel society. By night, he is 'Captain Lovett', a dashing masked highwayman, robbing unsuspecting travellers on moonlit roads with his band of fellow brigands.
When Clifford falls in love with the beautiful, auburn-haired Lucy, the daughter of a wealthy squire, he wonders if he should abandon his life of vice. But there are many obstacles in his path: his sly love rival Lord Mauleverer, dark secrets from the past, and the threat of the hangman's noose ...
