"In the rousing tradition of Jeffery Farnol and Samuel Shellabarger, Blair Ashton tells a dashing story of London in 1720, and of Giles Stormont, who lived a double life as one of the most elegant, foppish and bored gentlemen of fashionable court society and as a phantomlike highwayman, bent on settling his score with the ruthless group whose power reached almost to the throne itself."

-from the jacket flap description

Imagine a light and enjoyable cross between Robin Hood and the Scarlet Pimpernel and you'll come pretty close to understanding the appeal of this book.