Captain Lightfoot Author:W. R. Burnett This is the exciting and witty story of a young eighteenth-century Irish highwayman and his many adventures in Kilkenny, Scotland, and Dublin. Michael Martin-healthy, normal, reckless, and sound in his basic instincts-is gradually drawn into a life for which he is unfitted. Through pride and stubborn loyalty, he makes the best of it. A drunke... more »n practical joke and its aftermath; a meeting with Captain Thunderbolt and his daring daughter Aga; and the treachery of a Dublin Castle informer - these combine to plunge young Michael in to a series of kaleidoscopic adventures that end only on the novel's final page.« less