The Thieves' Opera: The Remarkable Lives And Deaths of Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker, And Jack Sheppard, House-Breaker - Couverture rigide

Moore, Mrs Lucy

 
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Synopsis

THE THIEVES' OPERA tells the fascinating story of two men - Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard, who were as infamous in their time as Dick Turpin - and the criminal underworld of early eighteenth-century London which they inhabited. An elegantly written, engaging book of popular social history, illustrated with period engravings by Hogarth and others.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lucy Moore recently graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in Medieval History. THE THIEVES' OPERA is her first book.

She lives in London W9.

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9780140261646: The Thieves' Opera: The Remarkable Lives And Deaths of Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker, And Jack Sheppard, House-Breaker

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0140261648 ISBN 13 :  9780140261646
Editeur : Penguin, 1998
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