title: Highway
author: Quicke, Anna
description: “Silence, save for the soft snort of a horse; then a man’s gentle cough; the light of the moon dancing on the glossy coats of their coursers and glinting off a flintlock. Silence, save for the thumping of Nick’s pulse; the blood thrumming loudly through his own ears, and the deep, shuddering breaths that escaped his chest. Silence. And then, just on the edge of what his ears could hear; a sound like the distant roll of thunder.” Based on the story of real-life highwayman, John Nevison, and written by one of his descendants, ‘Highway’ is a passionate story of love, loss and life in London in the 1600’s. Spanning the period of history that saw the fall of Cromwell, the Great Fire of London, and the Black Death, this is a novel that encompasses the wider history of the age, whilst focusing intimately on the lives of those living in it.