Naturally, Kate and Peter are homesick and upset by their displacement, but they are also resourceful and anxious to find a means to return to their own time. Here they discover a world where highwaymen, thieves and cutpurses are a dangerous reality, and although life is very different in the past, friendship, hospitality and generosity can still be found. While witnessing an experiment with an anti-gravity machine, Peter and Kate, the eldest of the Dyer children, are hurled back in time and unceremoniously dumped in18th century England. Instead of a day watching a Premier League match, Peter ends up in Derbyshire with the family au pair, Margrit, who's visiting the Dyer family. However when his father cancels at the last minute, Peter has a huge row and screams "I hate you!" at him. It's just over a week before Christmas and Peter Schock is looking forward to a belated birthday treat - spending some precious time with his dad. Its narrative grips the reader as tightly as the hangman's noose that haunts the tale.
The result is an attention-grabbing story with a fast-moving plot that switches back and forth between the 18th and 21st centuries.
As a mother of two, Linda Buckley-Archer wrote the tale for her own children. A highly original cross between a historical novel, a thriller and a sci-fi page-turner, Gideon the Cutpurse is carefully researched to reflect an accurate portrait of 18th century England. An academic and a fan of children's fantasy fiction, Linda was inspired to write her first book after listening to historian Lucy Moore discussing aspects of 18th century crime. Linda Buckley-Archer's debut novel is the first part of a fantasy adventure trilogy.
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