,written in 1834 by William Harrison Ainsworth. The highwayman Dick Turpin was quite an important character in the book and he came across as being quite heroic.Then when I was a little older I used to love watching the Dick Turpin TV series
. Richard O'Sullivan starred as Turpin and, again, he was quite the hero. When I began looking into the life of the real Dick Turpin though, I got quite a surprise because he was nothing like the Turpin is in my book and on the TV. This prompted me to write an article about him. So if you want to know the truth about the highwayman why not pop on over to SocyBerty and read Will The Real Dick Turpin Please Stand Up!
