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Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld [Mass Market Paperback]

Lucy Moore (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (26 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141003464
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141003467
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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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.

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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.
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This little book included chapters like 'The Beggars' Club' and 'The Mollies' Club' (about homosexuals) - populist satires on the different groups that peopled London's underworld.  Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting. A brilliant examination of 18th C crime., 11 Jun 2001
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If you've ever wondered about the historical sources for Fagin or Moriarty this is your book -blood, guts and intrigue galore. Superb.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Bait and switch: the come hither of the 18th century, 13 Mar 2010
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The cover alone promises a walk on the wild side of Georgian England, a You ar There version of every bodice ripper ever written.

In reality, this ia a rather dry compendium of stories, arranged by category of sin (pickpockets, bawds, highwaymay, foot-pads) with no real connecting link, no development of insight into the conditions and mores of the time.

Disappointing
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