Robbery Under Arms Robbery Under Arms

Publisher Description

An Apple Books Classic edition.


Before there were Westerns, there wasRobbery Under Arms, a novel that captures the legends of bushrangers-Australia’s outback outlaws. From the very first page, Rolf Boldrewood plunges readers into the action as the book’s narrator, Dick Marston, sits in a jail cell awaiting his execution and remembering the details of his misadventures.


After a young Dick turns down a job offer from his neighbour George, one bad decision leads to a life of increasingly serious crimes-from petty theft to armed robbery to forming a gang with notorious bushranger Captain Starlight. Along the way, Dick stays in touch with his former friend, who may be able to provide a way out of the outlaw life.


Written in the 1880s, Robbery Under Arms has influenced countless Western adventure books and movies that came after it. Boldrewood’s novel is full of double-crossings, gun fights and transgression.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1882
30 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
859
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SIZE
630.2
KB

Customer Reviews

JulietZulu ,

Robbery under Arms

Very well written. Keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end. Highly recommended!

Mikey4929 ,

Outstanding story

A tremendous book. Wish I had read it sooner and I shall read it again no doubt. In my top 10.

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