Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Emma Orczy

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02-27

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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After their recent defeat, the hamlets and villages of Derbyshire are no longer ringing with the wild shouts of Bonny Prince Charlie's Highland Brigade; instead troops loyal to King George are looking for those accused of high treason and are offering a reward of twenty guineas for the death of any traitor or rebel. Philip James Gascoyne, eleventh Earl of Stretton, is in hiding, in fear for his life after being wrongly accused by Sir Humphrey Challoner of being a traitor to the King...

Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Emmuska Orczy

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781515060130

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The gaffers stood round and shook their heads. When the Corporal had finished reading the Royal Proclamation, one or two of them sighed in a desultory fashion, others murmured casually, "Lordy! Lordy! to think on it! Dearie me!" The young ones neither sighed nor murmured. They looked at one another furtively, then glanced away again, as if afraid to read each other's thoughts, and in a shamefaced manner wiped their moist hands against their rough cord breeches.

Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-12-11

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781541060432

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This captivating romance of the chivalrous highwayman, Beau Brocade, is full of go, there is real ingenuity in the plot, and the interest is kept up at an intense pitch.

Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Baroness Orczy

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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This is a historical novel set in England during the reign of King George II. The novel focuses on the title character, who is similar to Robin Hood, and Philip James Gascoyne, the eleventh Earl of Stretton. Soldiers loyal to King George are searching for those alleged of high treason and are offering a twenty-guinea reward for the death of any traitor or rebel. Philip James Gascoyne has been a fugitive for months after being falsely accused of being a traitor to the King by Sir Humphrey Challoner. John Stitch, the local blacksmith, offers Philip shelter. John Stich also has a friendship with the infamous Beau Brocade, a hooded highwayman who roams the moors holding up coaches to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Beau Brocade is tasked with delivering a letter to Philip's sister, to clear him of being a traitor. Will Beau Brocade succeed in delivering the letter? Will Philip's sister succeed in clearing his name? What happens to Beau Brocade if he is caught?

Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Emmuska Orczy (Baroness Orczy)

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9789390294985

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Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Emma Orczy

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2018-04-11

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 8026888529

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After their recent defeat, the hamlets and villages of Derbyshire are no longer ringing with the wild shouts of Bonny Prince Charlie's Highland Brigade; instead troops loyal to King George are looking for those accused of high treason and are offering a reward of twenty guineas for the death of any traitor or rebel. Philip Gascoyne is in hiding, in fear for his life after being wrongly accused by Sir Humphrey Challoner of being a traitor to the King. He has been given shelter and a cover by honest John Stitch, the local blacksmith. John hires the notorious Beau Brocade, a masked highway man who roams the moors holding up coaches so he can steal from the rich and give to the poor, to connect Philip with his family and arrange his return to London.

Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade

Author: Hardpress

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781318033829

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