[PDF.04dc] Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld (Penguin Classics)

Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld (Penguin Classics)

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 | #1849570 in Books |  2004-12-28 |  2004-12-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.76 x.79 x5.09l,.57 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||3 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Bait and switch: the come hither of the 18th century|By Brian P. Ahlstrom|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 developme|About the Author|Lucy Moore is a freelance historian. She is the author of The Thieves' Opera and a biography of Lord Hervey, Amphibious Thing, both published by Viking.

An enthralling anthology of 18th-century writings that gives a fascinating insight into the dreadful misdeeds of - and the horrible punishments meeted out to - an array of rogues and criminals, from murderers and swindlers to prostitutes and pirates. Captured in memoirs, letters, ballads and court transcripts are some of the most colourful villains ever to take their last gasp at the hangman's noose, including daring thief Jack Sheppherd, highwayman Dick Turpin and inge...

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