Gideon the Cutpurse: Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy (Gideon Trilogy, The)

Gideon Seymour, cutpurse and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels away like fabric and from the gaping hole fall two curious-looking children. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen straight from the twenty-first century, thanks to an experiment with an antigravity machine. Before Gideon and the children have a chance to gather their wits, the Tar Man takes off with the machine -- and Kate and Peter's only chance of getting home. Soon Gideon, Kate, and Peter are swept into a journey through eighteenth-century London and form a bond that, they hope, will stand strong in the face of unfathomable treachery.

Linda Buckley-Archer is the author of the critically acclaimed Gideon trilogy.  Originally trained as a linguist, she is now a full-time novelist and scriptwriter.  She has written a television drama for the BBC and several radio dramas, as well as various journalistic pieces for papers like the Independent.  The Gideon Trilogy was inspired by the criminal underworld of eighteenth-century London.