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Highway robbery

On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.

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  • "'Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back I'll give you a golden guinea.' It's more money than the street urchin has ever dreamt of. But who is the rider, and why is there so much interest in his big black horse? And will the boy ever see the money he has been promised? There's highway robbery in the air, but it isn't always entirely clear just who is trying to rob who."
  • "On a cold day in eighteenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman."@en
  • "The rider sprang off as light as a cat and pulled the reins over the horse's head. Then he marched straight over to me and put them into my hand. "Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back, I'll give you a golden guinea." A dark stranger leaves his magnificent horse in the care of a boy he's never met. As dusk falls, others offer to pay the boy handsomely for the animal. Then soldiers arrive, demanding to know where the horse's owner has gone. Could the stranger be the notorious Dick Turpin, known for his daring holdups and amazing exploits' Is the horse the legendary Black Bess' And will the boy ever see the reward he's been promised' There's mischief in the air, but it isn't entirely clear who's causing it."@en
  • "On a cold day in eightheenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman."
  • "Esta historia se desarrolla a todo galope. A lo lejos se oyen los cascos de una singular yegua. Sus riendas están ahora en manos de un pequeño truhán experto en contar cuentos de forajidos. Un misterioso jinete que se ha desvanecido por las callejuelas de Londres la ha dejado a su cuidado, con la promesa de una recompensa. ¿Pero cuál es la verdadera misión del pequeño charlatán?"

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Children's stories"@en
  • "Children's stories"
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  • "Highway robbery"@en
  • "Highway robbery"
  • "L'orphelin et la jument noire"
  • "El salteador de caminos"@es
  • "El salteador de caminos"

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