Con Men and Cutpurses by Lucy Moore
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.
Lucy Moore is a freelance historian. She is the author of The Thieves' Opera and a biography of Lord Hervey, Amphibious Thing (Sept 2000). She is currently working on a biography of Richard II for Viking.
SKU | GOR002284183 |
ISBN 13 | 9780141003467 |
ISBN 10 | 0141003464 |
Title | Con Men and Cutpurses |
Author | Lucy Moore |
Condition | very good |
Binding type | Paperback |
Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
Year published | 2001-04-26 |
Number of pages | 336 |
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