He robbed by day ... and loved by night.
His reputation was more notorious than that of any other man in New England.
Some whispered that he was a renegade Englishman robbing the rich; others said his accent was French.
But to the young, glowingly beautiful Mercy Pepperrell, no rumors mattered.
True, he had robbed her father, but he had kissed her as she had never been kissed before.
Mercy learned the stranger's secret - too late.
Taken as a hostage into the most dangerous campaign of the French and Indian Wars, she dared all for his love, and for her life.
'The Highwayman' is a captivating historical romance set amongst the burgeoning society of post-independence America.
"A colourful footnote to history embellished with action and intrigue... " - San Jose Mercury-News
"Mr. Gerson, proud of his accuracy, can be even prouder of the reality he adds to this fast-reading novel." - Buffalo Evening News
"Those of you who like a mixture of history, romance, and superbly detailed tactics of war conducted against insupportable odds will stay with this book until the last page is reluctantly turned." - Hartford Courant
"The surprise ending, with variety and depth characterization usually lacking in this type of book, and the somewhat unusual historical background will make Gerson many more fans among the fiction-minded." - Nashville Banner
Following a career in the press and military service during the Second World War, Noel Gerson wrote over three hundred works of fiction and non-fiction under numerous pseudonyms. The main themes of his works were personalities and events in American history that shaped the country he was born and lived in. He died in 1988, having seen two of his novels - 55 Days at Peking and The Naked Maja - adapted onto the big screen.
Genre: Historical Romance
His reputation was more notorious than that of any other man in New England.
Some whispered that he was a renegade Englishman robbing the rich; others said his accent was French.
But to the young, glowingly beautiful Mercy Pepperrell, no rumors mattered.
True, he had robbed her father, but he had kissed her as she had never been kissed before.
Mercy learned the stranger's secret - too late.
Taken as a hostage into the most dangerous campaign of the French and Indian Wars, she dared all for his love, and for her life.
'The Highwayman' is a captivating historical romance set amongst the burgeoning society of post-independence America.
"A colourful footnote to history embellished with action and intrigue... " - San Jose Mercury-News
"Mr. Gerson, proud of his accuracy, can be even prouder of the reality he adds to this fast-reading novel." - Buffalo Evening News
"Those of you who like a mixture of history, romance, and superbly detailed tactics of war conducted against insupportable odds will stay with this book until the last page is reluctantly turned." - Hartford Courant
"The surprise ending, with variety and depth characterization usually lacking in this type of book, and the somewhat unusual historical background will make Gerson many more fans among the fiction-minded." - Nashville Banner
Following a career in the press and military service during the Second World War, Noel Gerson wrote over three hundred works of fiction and non-fiction under numerous pseudonyms. The main themes of his works were personalities and events in American history that shaped the country he was born and lived in. He died in 1988, having seen two of his novels - 55 Days at Peking and The Naked Maja - adapted onto the big screen.
Genre: Historical Romance
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