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|title=The Highwayman's Footsteps

|date=November 2006

|isbn=1406303119

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High-born William de Lacey has run away from home. Branded a coward by his bullying father and sneering brother, he has no idea where he will go or what he will do. All of a sudden, his secure and protected world has crumbled to ruins. Will knows that stealing is wrong, but within a few days, he has become a thief. Is it still as wrong to steal if the alternative is to starve? When Will falls in with Bess, a writer and seller of ballads by day, but a highwayman by night, he is forced to ask and answer many more such questions. Bess is an eighteenth century Robin Hood figure. She steals from the rich to give to the poor. As Will and Bess face terrifying dangers together, these questions lead Will remorselessly towards the ultimate confrontation with his violent and corrupt father and brother.