The Broad Highway

Peter Vibart is a bookish young gentleman who, cut off with almost nothing under his uncle’s odd will, sets out on foot along the roads of Kent to make his own way. He takes up work as a village blacksmith, falls in with tinkers, pugilists, and highwaymen, and stumbles into both a love affair and a mystery that shadows his new life. Jeffery Farnol filled this early bestseller with the flavor of Regency England, its inns and hedgerows and rough good company. First published in 1910, it helped launch the costume romance that later writers such as Georgette Heyer would make famous. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available to download.