Con Men and Cutpurses

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With extracts from popular journalism and biographical accounts, this volume presents the 18th-century criminal underworld in the idiomatic language of the time.

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Con Men and Cutpurses by Lucy Moore

This text is a collection of historical accounts of 18th-century roguery, criminality and skull-duggery. It features a diverse gallery of criminals, ranging from infamous thieves and murderers, whores and highway men, pirates and fraudsters. With extracts from popular journalism and biographical accounts, this volume presents the 18th-century criminal underworld in the idiomatic language of the time.
Lucy Moore is a freelance historian. She is the author of The Thieves' Opera and a biography of Lord Hervey, Amphibious Thing (Sept 2000). She is currently working on a biography of Richard II for Viking.
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ISBN 13 9780141003467
ISBN 10 0141003464
Title Con Men and Cutpurses
Author Lucy Moore
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2001-04-26
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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