Book Review of
The Lady and the Highwayman
Lady and the Highwayman by Sara M. Eden is set in Victorian London. It follows Elizabeth Black, the headmistress of a girls school. She is also an author of novels, written both for and about the upper-class ladies. However, she is secretly writing a very different type of book as well. No one knows that she uses a pseudonym, Charles King, to write Penny Dreadfuls that are so popular among the working-class.
Another Penny Dreadful author, Fletcher Walker, began life as a street urchin, but is now the most successful author in the Penny Dreadful market, that is, until Charles King started taking all of his readers. Can Fletcher and his author friends find out who Charles King really is?
Lynn's Review
The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden sat in my TBR pile for quite a whilel before I finally picked it up. I decided to finally pick it up when I needed a lighter read. The Lady and the Highwayman is considered a proper romance book. It is romance without the graphic details.
This book is about two authors during the Victorian age. In many ways, they are the same, but in others, they are different. She is the headmistress of a school, who is not only an author of novels for the upper class, but also writes stories for the working class under a pseudonym. He was a sea urchin who also became a successful writer, but he used his money to fight for the working class and for children.
This book was a fun read that included romance and mystery. I thought the author’s writing was very creative in this one. It wasn’t your typical cheesy proper romance read.
About the Author
Sarah M. Eden is the best sellling author of more than eighty novels. She writes historical novels, many of which are focused on the Victorian era.