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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Much better than its reputation. The language is a little florid, but it's no worse than many other works of its age. It's not as sharp as Swift or as raucous as Fielding, but it's an entertaining tale told with gusto. ( ) no reviews | add a review
'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 ...... No library descriptions found. |
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