This sketch made me very very happy

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Was the highwayman as financially supportive a lover as certain breeds of writer will have you believe?

Dashing, brave, dangerous and chivalric, the highwayman has often featured in those cheap paperback romances that some are more inclined to read. But I wouldn’t rely on your noble criminal to support you – his earnings were unreliable and inconsistent. They could range from the lavish jewels, valuables and thousands of pounds from the rich and wealthy, to a few pence from poor and simple travellers such as clergymen. 

Guess where admin went today…

The Highwayman by MNat

The Highwayman by TatjanaAgness.

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Bit of a lazy post I confess, but this chapter introduction is perfect.

(From The English Highwayman: A Legend Unmasked by Peter Haining.)

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Hey so ~apparently Captain James Hind was given a magic compass that, when he was in times of distress, pointed out the way to safety. 

Not being funny but 

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kirsteninglis:

Foundation- Penny Dreadfuls

Based on a true story about a Highwayman called Claude Du Vall

I need this for my future child ok