{"product_id":"dandy-dick-or-the-kings-ned-neolan-9781917130059","title":"Dandy Dick or The King's Highway (1900-1901)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDandy Dick; or, The King's Highway\u003c\/em\u003e (1900-1901)\u003c\/strong\u003e, written by Ned Neolan and Ben Brightly and here edited and introduced by \u003cstrong\u003eJ. S. Mackley\u003c\/strong\u003e, was originally serialised in \u003cem\u003eThe Halfpenny Marvel\u003c\/em\u003e over forty-two issues between April 1900 and February 1901. Unlike the earlier penny-dreadful tales of Spring-Heeled Jack, this narrative casts the leaping phantom as a mysterious side figure while its focus turns to the gallant world of English highwaymen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the romanticised backdrop of eighteenth-century London and the wilds of Finchley Common, the story follows \u003cstrong\u003eDandy Dick\u003c\/strong\u003e, a wrongly-accused nobleman turned outlaw, whose adventures bring him into the company of legendary figures-\u003cstrong\u003eDick Turpin\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eColonel Blood\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJack Sheppard\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the sinister thief-taker \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Wild\u003c\/strong\u003e. Their clashes of honour and corruption evoke a folkloric England poised between chivalry and criminality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extensive introduction explores how the serial transforms criminal folklore into heroic romance, blending Gothic sensationalism with historical myth-making. The figure of \u003cstrong\u003eSpring-Heeled Jack\u003c\/strong\u003e, glimpsed as a spectral protector amid highway skirmishes, bridges the gap between supernatural horror and patriotic adventure. Through Mackley's annotations, this volume illuminates how Victorian readers re-imagined earlier centuries as moral theatre, where even the outlaw could embody virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on British Library copies and previously inaccessible materials, this is the \u003cstrong\u003efirst collected edition\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cem\u003eDandy Dick\u003c\/em\u003e and its sequel \u003cem\u003eDandy Dick's Double\u003c\/em\u003e. It offers modern readers both a thrilling glimpse of Edwardian serial fiction and a critical reappraisal of Britain's enduring fascination with gallant crime and Gothic justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ned Neolan,Bill Brightly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917130058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917130059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Isengrin Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.87d","brand":"Ned Neolan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874511925503,"sku":"9781917130059","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dandy-dick-or-the-kings-ned-neolan-9781917130059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}