The Highwaymen

Allow me to Engage, Rake and Scuttle your senses with this ripping yarn about 17th century Lyme Regis pirates, smugglers and highwaymen. THE HIGHWAYMEN is swashbuckler concerning a violin-shape mantelpiece clock presented to Louis XIV; offered to the Latin monarch at his Anniversaries Ball at the Palace of Versailles. King Louis XIV is in awe of the clocks bejewelled opulence. Soon after its presentation it stops; the Royal Horologists panic requesting James II organises its repair in England. Clockmaker John Bennett of Lyme Regis chosen; the clock entrusted to Judge Jeffreys on his Bloody Assize of the West Country. The priceless clock is stolen by Jess the Pearly, and so an adventure begins for its retrieval. See more