Captain Lightfoot Author:W. R. Burnett Captain Lightfoot, the exciting and witty story of a young 18th century Irish highwayman and of 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... more ». A drunken 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 into a series of kaleidoscopic adventures that end only on the novel's final page.« less