Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld

Author:   Lucy Moore
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
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9780140437607


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   29 April 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld


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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 ingenious pickpocket Jenny Diver. Taking us from the backstreets and brothels to Newgate prison and the gallows at Tyburn, this anthology reveals London's murky underworld in all its squalor and exuberance.

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Author:   Lucy Moore
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.247kg
ISBN:  

9780140437607


ISBN 10:   0140437606
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   29 April 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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, both published by Viking.

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