Discovering Highwaymen

The daring hold-ups and amazing exploits of many highwaymen made them heroes in their lifetime and legends in ours. In this book Russell Ash writes about both sorts of highwaymen, their different backgrounds and methods, the measures taken against them, and the punishments they suffered when they were caught. He describes some of their favourite localities and the inns and taverns they supposedly frequented. Discovering Highwaymen concludes with the biographies of the twelve most famous of them, from Jerry Abershaw to Dick Turpin, recounting their legendary adventures, the known facts and their often untimely ends. About the author Russell Ash is the author of some fifty books of non-fiction and reference