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Jack Sheppard (Paperback)

by William Harrison Ainsworth (Author)

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Paperback: 282 pages
Publisher: BiblioBazaar (10 Feb 2009)
ISBN-10: 1103453491
ISBN-13: 978-1103453498
Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 19 x 1.6 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Folk Legend, 1 Feb 2010

By	M. Dowden (London, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Jack Sheppard (Pocket Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

Ainsworth, who is remembered for his novel Rookwood and its character Dick Turpin wrote this novel at more or less the peak of the so called 'Newgate Novels', a genre that lasted for about twenty years.

Jack Sheppard was a real criminal and is best remembered for his escapes rather than for his crimes, indeed he escaped four times from gaol before he was eventually hanged. Along with 'Blueskin' they were really the two that ultimately led to the hanging of Jonathan Wild, the notorious 'Thief-Taker General'. Following Jack from his early years and throughout his life to his death this novel paints a picture of the squalor and crime that was prevalent in the early 18th Century. Being no normal police force at the time, only the City Watch, thief-takers were a type of bounty hunter who would solve the crimes for those who could afford it, taking a percentage of the value of the goods, and gaining a bounty on those who were hanged. As one can imagine, the system was rife with corruption and people like Jonathan Wild would organise crimes so that they could make money. Wild would sometimes give up those who he had used to commit crimes to get the bounty on them.

Jack gradually finds himslf being seduced into a life of crime, like his father before him and falling under Wild's machinations. But like jack's dad it is only a matter of time before Wild peaches on him and gives him up to the gallows. With Jack's daring escapes he captured the heart of the masses and became famous, resulting in his entry into common folklore.

This is a really good novel, but remember that like anything written at this time (Oliver Twist was being serialised along with this tale) it is full of melodrama and may not appeal to everyone. This is well worth a read, esecially if you like true crime stories, or just a good read.

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