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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140437606 ISBN 13: 9780140437607

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2004

Synopsis

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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About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0140437606
• ISBN 13: 9780140437607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Moore Lucy