Gentlemen Rogues & Wicked Ladies A Guide to British Highwaymen & Highwaywomen

Everyone loves a romantic rogue whose exciting exploits feature a cheeky disregard for the law, narrow escapes and lots of love interest. Even at the height of highway robbery activity in the eighteenth century, it was thought that the death penalty was too harsh for these wayward scoundrels. There was the ever-courteous Claude Duval, the epitome of gentlemanliness; the infamous Katherine Ferrers, who was the inspiration for the film The Wicked Lady; Dick Turpin, the most famous highwayman of them all; and lesser-known characters such as Tom Rowland, who dressed as a woman to avoid capture. All these and more form an entertaining volume that follows the mounted thief in their endless match against the law and a death by public hanging.

ISBN:	9780750994675
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	19 Jun 2020
DEWEY:	364.15520941
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	262g
Height:	129mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	22mm

Write a review

Your Name:

Your Review: Note: HTML is not translated!

Rating: Bad           Good

Enter the code in the box below: