Alfred Noyes

Alfred Noyes's famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter. Charles Keeping's stunning illustrations won this book the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1982.

The Highwayman

Harriet Moar-Smith

I love this poem so much it hurts, I just have this image of her and I just want to recreate it to take a photograph of it because it's so beautiful it's actually painful.
One night I couldn't sleep so I sat up and learnt part one of this, I'm now on part two and still learning, One day I want to recite the whole thing!

Andrew John Kinney

Melanie Knight

Marius Masalar

Katie Ravenwood

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal. This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.

The Highwayman

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