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The Apprentice Highwayman
"Could you look into the eyes of a man and pull your trigger and kill him stone dead?”
Will hates his job as a blacksmith's apprentice. But as an orphan in eighteenth-century York, he doesn't have much choice - until he find out that one of his customers is a highwayman.
Joining the robber gang brings wealth, new friends and adventure - everything a boy could dream of. But when people he cares about start getting hurt, Will discovers that it is easier to enter a life of crime than to leave it.
He got into it for the money. Can he get out with his life?
"Thoroughly enjoyable from cover to cover. It was so gripping, I read it at one sitting."
David Wilson, reader
Will hates his job as a blacksmith's apprentice. But as an orphan in eighteenth-century York, he doesn't have much choice - until he find out that one of his customers is a highwayman.
Joining the robber gang brings wealth, new friends and adventure - everything a boy could dream of. But when people he cares about start getting hurt, Will discovers that it is easier to enter a life of crime than to leave it.
He got into it for the money. Can he get out with his life?
"Thoroughly enjoyable from cover to cover. It was so gripping, I read it at one sitting."
David Wilson, reader
78 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2024
About the author
K.C. Murdarasi
15 books8 followersBorn in Glasgow, Karen Murdarasi spent a number of years in England before returning to Scotland to study. She earned a first in Ancient History from the University of St Andrews and then studied Theology as preparation for becoming a missionary.
She served as missionary in various parts of Albania for four years. Her first novel, Leda, is informed by her experiences in Albania.
Karen has been writing professionally since 2007, and combines it with her 'day job' as an Albanian interpreter. She loves Interrailing and hanging out with her pet budgies.
She served as missionary in various parts of Albania for four years. Her first novel, Leda, is informed by her experiences in Albania.
Karen has been writing professionally since 2007, and combines it with her 'day job' as an Albanian interpreter. She loves Interrailing and hanging out with her pet budgies.
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December 2, 2024
I really enjoyed this book! It is a really gripping and exciting story about a boy who takes up an apprenticeship with a highwayman, with really interesting characters and themes. I liked that there was lots of detail about the setting (York, in 1722), clearly very well researched by the author. I would highly recommend this book to adults and children alike.
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November 27, 2024A review not from me (because I wrote this) but from a reader who passed it on by email:
"Although I cannot be regarded as being an avid reader, I found The Apprentice Highwayman thoroughly enjoyable from cover to cover. It was so gripping, I read it at one sitting. Really! I could not put it down. Clearly well researched, I could easily see this as an idea that could be made into a TV series."
"Although I cannot be regarded as being an avid reader, I found The Apprentice Highwayman thoroughly enjoyable from cover to cover. It was so gripping, I read it at one sitting. Really! I could not put it down. Clearly well researched, I could easily see this as an idea that could be made into a TV series."
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