Dick Turpin, The Highwayman: Legends and Lies — a fascinating, dyslexia-friendly insight into one of history's most famous villains.

Dick Turpin was an English highwayman in the early 1700s, hanged at York in 1739. Romanticised in Victorian fiction as a daring outlaw on horseback, the real Turpin was very different — a poacher, smuggler, burglar and horse thief whose actual crimes have been overshadowed by centuries of myth.

This book separates the legend from the historical record, using clear language and a layout designed for readers with dyslexia. An ideal short read for reluctant readers studying 18th-century social history.