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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 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)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 611,970 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting. A brilliant examination of 18th C crime., 12 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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