by Mrs Lucy Moore (Author)
This text is a collection of historical accounts of 18th-century roguery, criminality and skull-duggery. It features a diverse gallery of criminals, ranging from infamous thieves and murderers, whores and highway men, pirates and fraudsters. With extracts from popular journalism and biographical accounts, this volume presents the 18th-century criminal underworld in the idiomatic language of the time.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 292
Edition: New
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 26 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 0141003464
ISBN 13: 9780141003467