Book #86066
Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld.
Moore, Lucy. Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld. London: Allen Lane, [2000]. First edition. xxvii, [1], 300 pp. Illustrations. Original black cloth fine, in fine dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. $45. * This book explores 18th-century London's criminal underworld through the firsthand accounts of those who lived it. Featuring a diverse cast of rogues, from petty thieves to pirates, the book uses original historical sources like ballads, biographies and satires to illustrate the lives, tragedies and literary legacy of the inmates at Newgate Prison.
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