A Book of Scoundrels (UNABRIDGED)

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Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order

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Open - No Protection

Publication Year:
2021

ISBN-13: 9781669321613

An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of thieves, Jonathan Wild the Thief-taker General, Captain Hind the gallant highwayman and many others. The book begins with an essay on the artistic achievements of thievery followed by a sequence of short biographies. Summary by Greg Lewin