Jessica and Matthew are nine year old twins who are whisked back in time by a magic doll called Miranda.
Miranda only has to wave her fan and the children are taken back to a past century to see how the people lived in those days.
In this story the twins find themselves back in the days when highwaymen galloped along the contry lanes of England.
They meet a highwayman called Guy and he takes them with him on one of his adventures.